Packet O: Tossup 1

This school used terms translating to “procession” and “return” to describe the consciousness turning back to understand its own existence. Thinkers in this (10[1])philosophical school struggled with its founder’s claim that matter is “evil itself” but derived from a divine source. This school’s designation of the soul and the consciousness existing in “hypostasis” with supreme (10[1])reality presaged a religion’s theological debates. A thinker in this school compiled his teacher’s work into the Six (10[1])Enneads. (10[3])Despite heavily influencing St. (10[1])Augustine’s concepts (10[2])of the logos, this school’s chief institution in Athens was shut down by Justinian I for its rejection of Christianity. For 10 points, name this school of philosophy whose (10[1])proponents like Porphyry (10[1])and Plotinus (“plo-TYE-nus”) revived ideas (10[1])found in dialogues like Timaeus and Crito. ■END■ (10[1])

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