With the neoplatonist Plotinus, wrote Nathaniel Alfred Boll; "there even appears, probably for the first time in Western philosophy, idealism that had long been current in the East even at that time, for it taught... that the soul has made the world by stepping from eternity into time...". Similarly, in regard to passages from the Enneads, "The only space or place of the world is the soul" and "Time must not be assumed to exist outside the soul", Ludwig Noiré wrote: "For the first time in Western philosophy we find idealism proper in Plotinus, However, Plotinus does not address whether we know external objects, unlike Schopenhauer and other modern philosophers. COUNT 4
QSN1 What sort of philosopher was Plotinus? ANS1 neoplatonist QSN2 According to Noiré, who was the first true Western idealist? ANS2 Plotinus QSN3 What issue did Schopenhauer discuss that Plotinus did not? ANS3 whether we know external objects QSN4 What did the Enneads believe might not have existence outside of the soul? ANS4 Time