It should be noted that both Stoicism and Peripetetism developed out of Platonism; their founders were students of the Academy, and the concepts and ideas that they developed to Dialectic maturity (for example, the categories) are present in Platos dialogues, and most certainly were discussed in greater depth in Platos oral teachings (the "unwritten doctrines")
"Plotinus neither provides a sustained, close reading of any single writing of Plato, nor does he give any evidence that he thinks such a thing ought to be done anywhere in all his writings."
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It should be noted that both Stoicism and Peripetetism developed out of Platonism; their founders were students of the Academy, and the concepts and ideas that they developed to Dialectic maturity (for example, the categories) are present in Platos dialogues, and most certainly were discussed in greater depth in Platos oral teachings (the "unwritten doctrines")
"Plotinus neither provides a sustained, close reading of any single writing of Plato, nor does he give any evidence that he thinks such a thing ought to be done anywhere in all his writings."
Me feeling further justified in writing philosophical essays without any references or citations