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Not much is known about the life of Ammonius Saccas.
He had a humble background, and appears to have earned a living as a porter at the docks of Alexandria, hence his nickname of " Sack-bearer " ( Sakkas for sakkophoros ).
Most details of his life come from the fragments left from Porphyry's writings.
The most famous pupil of Ammonius Saccas was Plotinus who studied under Ammonius for eleven years.
According to Porphyry, in 232, at the age of 28, Plotinus went to Alexandria to study philosophy:
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