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Anonymous Thu Oct 22 17:40:37 2020 No.16633526 [Reply] [Original]

>…it is said, by Plotinus himself, that he was breastfed until the age of eight. When he got thirsty he went to his wet nurse and bared her breasts in order to suck; he finally stopped after she rebuked him harshly.
Why did Porphyry feel this anecdote was worth preserving for all of time in a homage to his most respected teacher?

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 22 17:41:18 2020 No.16633536 Based

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 22 17:51:30 2020 No.16633602 >>16633526 Did his wet nurse also jack him off as he fed?

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 22 17:53:14 2020 No.16633616 File: 3.37 MB, 358x432, milk mom.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>16633526 so that we'd known that Plotinus is a based mommy milk lover

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 22 17:54:55 2020 No.16633625 How do I hire a wet nurse?

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 22 17:59:11 2020 No.16633653 >>16633625 seconding

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 22 18:00:11 2020 No.16633660 >>16633526 >Why did Porphyry feel this anecdote was worth preserving for all of time in a homage to his most respected teacher? to explain why his nose was all bashed in

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 22 18:02:06 2020 No.16633672 File: 54 KB, 574x881, 1539614983968.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>16633526 does milk milk gib henosis, pls say yes

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 22 18:24:50 2020 No.16633810 >>16633526 Maybe it was Porphyry's revenge for the master's pompousness. As Oscar Wilde said: "Great men have many disciples and it is always Judas who writes the biography."

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 22 18:29:59 2020 No.16633838 >>16633810 I don't think so, he goes on to say he was eternally indebted to Plotinus because Plotinus talked him out of killing himself. I think it was to show that Plotinus was a humble person who was willing to share an embarrassing memory.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 22 18:33:43 2020 No.16633859 I was breast fed until 6 and I'm 5 inches taller than the other tallest member of my family. Could be a coincidence, but it's interesting nonetheless. I have also never been ill.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 22 18:36:57 2020 No.16633878 File: 100 KB, 334x335, 1602797014191.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>16633526 >why yes, the source of my vast intellect was mommy milkies, how could you tell?

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 22 18:38:39 2020 No.16633891 >>16633878 με βάση

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 22 18:40:18 2020 No.16633901 File: 55 KB, 1200x1200, 1200px-Monad.svg.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>16633526 now it makes sense....

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 22 18:40:41 2020 No.16633906 File: 234 KB, 442x446, 1600549185047.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>16633901

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 22 18:41:59 2020 No.16633915 >>16633901 Pythagoras came up with that, though

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 22 18:42:18 2020 No.16633917 >>16633901 Mommy milk is Lord? I feel... Enthusiastic. I've hitting it bros, I think I can see it all.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 22 18:43:27 2020 No.16633928 The Neoplatonists had some wacky stories. Like Hypatia scared away a horny follower by showing him her blood stained menstrual rags. Julian loved excessive sacrifices even though all the other Platonists thought that was retarded.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 22 18:44:01 2020 No.16633932 File: 467 KB, 1024x1438, 1482104113114.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Good man

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 22 18:44:52 2020 No.16633936 File: 49 KB, 598x574, 677.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>16633932

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 22 18:45:32 2020 No.16633940 File: 339 KB, 770x900, 15848.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >Porphyry

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 22 18:45:53 2020 No.16633943 >>16633859 Based and milkpilled.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 22 18:47:42 2020 No.16633953 File: 1.91 MB, 1033x1033, 1594658568136.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>16633859 This, mommy milk is the elixir of chadness itself

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 22 18:47:48 2020 No.16633955 File: 20 KB, 879x107, DOw71jHVQAA2bgZ.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >Porphyryr What if I told you Amelius was the better pupil?

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 22 18:54:13 2020 No.16633986 File: 1.10 MB, 1896x1176, MILK.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] I remind you that the Platonist sect was red-pilled on the subject of mommy milk.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 22 18:56:34 2020 No.16634001 >>16633526 plotinus the psychologist: nice reading plotinus the metaphysician: blavatsky-tier garbage

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 22 19:21:51 2020 No.16634164 >>16634001 Interesting take, can you elaborate why?

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 22 20:17:56 2020 No.16634500 >>16633901 LMAO

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 22 20:19:57 2020 No.16634507 >>16633526 >>16633536 >>16633602 He's 8 years old, it's weird but it's not sexual at all. Many kings/emperors have had a similar treatment.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 22 22:13:11 2020 No.16635005 >>16633526 Plotinus also didn't study philosophy at all until he was 28 and didn't start teaching until he was 40. In addition, he nearly convinced the empire to build a city based on the Laws and Republic, but the bureaucracy got in the way.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 22 23:14:54 2020 No.16635245 >>16633936 Based Titeyes

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 23 03:27:53 2020 No.16636003 File: 191 KB, 1920x1072, re.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] . o i

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 23 03:33:50 2020 No.16636020 >>16635005 >he nearly convinced the empire to build a city based on the Laws and Republic, but the bureaucracy got in the way God what could have been...

Anonymous Fri Oct 23 09:03:14 2020 No.16636835

>>16633526
>in addition to being the most respected philosopher of your time and reinvigorating the Platonic school for centuries, you dedicate your free time to educating and raising orphaned children
>future young adults on the internet only know about the dumb story you told your friend once

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 23 09:05:12 2020 No.16636842 File: 67 KB, 1567x230, CnXzlqGWcAAEF-g.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>16636020 It would have been an interesting experiment.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 23 09:11:46 2020 No.16636863 File: 379 KB, 1111x597, 1473609732317.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>16633901 lol

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 23 09:16:55 2020 No.16636882 >>16636835 >Noooo you can't tell this anecdote about his life, you have to talk about all the other ones!

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 23 09:20:57 2020 No.16636898 Best thread on /lit/ in a good while.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 23 09:22:38 2020 No.16636906 >>16633901 Platonious was a booba poster it makes sense

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 23 09:26:22 2020 No.16636931 File: 22 KB, 480x360, 363464523.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>16633901

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 23 09:32:21 2020 No.16636959 If I ever become a famous philosopher, I would like my future biographers reading my 4chan posting history to know that I like girls in sweaters.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 23 09:35:34 2020 No.16636973 >>16636959 Noted it in my diary, anon

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 23 09:36:57 2020 No.16636976 >>16633901 ahahahaha

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 23 09:38:00 2020 No.16636984 Because Platonists deal with truth not embellishments.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 23 09:39:41 2020 No.16636988 File: 20 KB, 360x543, urn_cambridge.org_id_binary_9474_20160504054333258-0534_76148fig2_3.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] IT'S HAPPENING

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 23 09:42:15 2020 No.16636999 File: 6 KB, 268x284, 1563410197774.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>16633901

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 23 09:43:33 2020 No.16637007 >>16636988 I-IM EMANOOOOOOOOOTING

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 23 09:48:44 2020 No.16637025 >>16633901 LMFAO HOLY FUCKING SHIT

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 23 09:49:42 2020 No.16637031 >>16633986 BASED

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 23 09:55:04 2020 No.16637052 Egyptian culture.

Anonymous Fri Oct 23 10:04:07 2020 No.16637096

>>16633928
>One story in particular told by Damascius in the Suda reflects a likely picture of her attitude toward romantic love. When accosted by a young man who professed his love for her, Hypatia showed him her bloody menstrual rags and told him it was the body he loved and he did not "love beauty for its own sake."

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 23 10:21:08 2020 No.16637156 >>16633526 >Why did Porphyry feel this anecdote was worth preserving for all of time in a homage to his most respected teacher? Breastfeeding as long as possible does make children smarter

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 23 10:24:22 2020 No.16637169 File: 352 KB, 894x824, power.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>16633928 I love these guys like you wouldn't believe.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 23 10:24:55 2020 No.16637173 >>16635005 >Plotinus also didn't study philosophy at all until he was 28 and didn't start teaching until he was 40 thats exacrly how it should be you mouthbreather hunchers

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 23 10:33:31 2020 No.16637211 >>16637169 synchronicity

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 23 10:34:03 2020 No.16637217 >>16637173 I was pointing it out because /lit/ is often insecure about lacking a classical education from early childhood.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 23 10:42:27 2020 No.16637247 >>16633986 Highly based

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 23 10:51:37 2020 No.16637292 >>16633810 That's a retarded quote, Judas didn't write crap

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 23 10:55:25 2020 No.16637316 File: 405 KB, 395x1595, 1603289017576.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>16633901

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 23 10:55:42 2020 No.16637317 File: 36 KB, 193x165, 3.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>16633901 Mine eyes have seen, and my soul rejoiced

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 23 11:50:09 2020 No.16637559 >>16633901 Is it a booba eye or a boob?

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 23 12:24:26 2020 No.16637766 File: 31 KB, 382x400, image.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>16633901 >epic mass reply dude xDxDxD >let me attach a picture to make it more reddit XdXd

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 23 12:29:08 2020 No.16637798 File: 105 KB, 727x678, scho laffin.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>16633901

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 23 12:36:09 2020 No.16637838 Plotinus? more like PloTITnus >>16633901 kek'd

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