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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Born around 234 in Tyre during Roman Phoenicia, Porphyry studied under Plotinus and became the sole editor of the Enneads — without him, Neoplatonism's founding texts would have been lost. He then ranged across disciplines in Greek, producing works on music theory, Homer, and vegetarianism, but his Isagoge became his most enduring legacy: for a thousand years it was the standard logic textbook across Latin and Arabic traditions. His anti-Christian polemics, especially Philosophy from Oracles and Against the Christians, made him a lightning rod — Constantine the Great eventually banned the latter. He died around 305, having shaped both medieval philosophy and the battle lines between pagan thought and early Christianity.