Plotinus The Enneads -

"Civic virtues" (like justice and temperance) are necessary for order, but "purificatory virtues" are needed to strip away the soul's attachment to the material world. Legacy and Influence

Used Neoplatonic concepts to articulate Christian doctrine, such as the nature of God and the soul. PLOTINUS THE ENNEADS

We return to the One not by traveling, but by turning our attention inward, away from bodily desires and toward our own intellect. "Civic virtues" (like justice and temperance) are necessary