Answer the following question: Facts: - death place: rome , roman empire - notable works: '' introductio '' commentary on ptolemy 's harmonics '' -lrb- in -rrb- , '' on the life of praedicamenta plotinus and the arrangement of his work '' -lrb- or ; isagoge '' vita plotini '' -rrb- , '' starting-points leading to et the intelligibles '' -lrb- ; '' in sententiae ad intelligibilia ducentes '' -rrb- , '' philosophy from aristotelis oracles '' -lrb- ; '' categorias de philosophia ex oraculis haurienda '' -rrb- , '' against commentarium the christians '' -lrb- ; '' adversus christianos introduction '' '' -rrb- -rrb- , '' the life of pythagoras '' -lrb- to ; '' vita pythagorae '' -rrb- , '' categories on abstinence from animal food '' -lrb- '' ; '' de abstinentia ab esu animalium '' -rrb- , -lrb- '' on the cave of the nymphs '' -lrb- ; '' de antro ; nympharum '' -rrb- , '' introduction to ptolemy 's tetrabiblos '' '' -lrb- -rrb- , - caption: '' engraving porphire sophiste '' , in a french 16th-century - influences: plotinus , middle platonism , plato , aristotle - death date: c. 305 ad - region: western philosophy - school tradition: neoplatonism - influenced: sossianus -lrb- through the '' isagoge '' -rrb- , later neoplatonism hierocles , boethius , scholasticism and arabic aristotelianism - birth date: c. 234 ad - name: porphyry of tyre - image size: 200px - image: porphyry.jpg - era: ancient philosophy - birth place: tyre , roman empire Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of porphyry -lrb- philosopher -rrb- .
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porphyry of tyre -lrb- ; , '' porphyrios '' ; c. 234 -- c. 305 ad -rrb- was a neoplatonic philosopher who was born in tyre .he edited and published the '' enneads '' , the only collection of the work of his teacher plotinus .his commentary on euclid 's '' elements '' was used as a source by pappus of alexandria .he also wrote many works himself on a wide variety of topics .his '' isagoge '' , or '' introduction '' , is an introduction to logic and philosophy , and in latin translation it was the standard textbook on logic throughout the middle ages .in addition , through several of his works , most notably '' philosophy from oracles '' and '' against the christians '' , which was banned by emperor constantine the great , he was involved in a controversy with a number of early christians .