Besides these we have mention of the following lost works of Porphyry: _'•». Ilt-oi ayaXuartov (Euseb. Prop. Ev. iii. 7: Moli. Eel. Phys. i. 25). 21. flepi avo- dov tyvxfe (August 1 1> Civ. Dei, s, 910, etc.). 22. Hipl tov uiav uvai rqv n Varwvoc eai \innroTtXovc aiptaw (Suidas, 8, v. tlop<p.). 23. A commentary on Aristotle's treatise Kepi kppnvtiaQ (Boethius, ad loc ii). 2 1. Iloo<- 'ApioT07-l\nv. Trepi rov ilvat rrjv tyvx*lv tl'~ Ttktxuav (Suidas). 25. E£»jyno'ic rwt> KarnyopiHv, dedicated to Gedalius (Eustath. Ad //. iii. 293). 26. Kepi apx&v (Suidas). 27. Uepi aaiapartav (ibid.). 28. 1 1' "i rovyv&Si asavTov (ibid.). 29. rpau/iaTixai a-u- piai (ibid.). 30. A reply to the Apology for Alcibiades in the Symposium of Plato, by Diophanes (Porph. Vit. Plot. 15). 31. 'EmypafiuaTa (Eustath.). 32. Dspi tov t<p' ///iii', dedicated toGhrysaorius (Stob. I A treatise against a spurious work attributed to Zoro- aster i Porph. 17/. Plot. 16). 34. 1 1 mix 'jHtoi' ovofi&Twv (Suidas). 35. Ei'c, rd dtotppaorov irtpl KaTa<pao~itoc, Kui airotyaaettic, (Boethius in Arist. De IrUerpr.). 36.
ElC 7(1 QoVKvSiSoV TrpOoifllOV, TTpOQ ' \tiinrm //!■ I Sui-
das). 37. [Jepi ISewv, irpog h.oyyivov (Porph. Vit. Plot. 20). 38. 'o 'npiic yduog, a poem composed for the birthday of Plato (ibid. 15). 39. Ei'c n)v rov lovXia- vov KaXSaiov ipiXoaoipov ioropiav (Suidas). 1". Eig 7i;i- WivovKiavov rixyijv (ibid.). 41. 0 irpbg tinulp- tvov A..-.,,, (CyrilL c. Julian, iii. 79, etc). It appears to have been a treatise on the providence of God. 42. "On i'i'« roe vov vipeoTtjKt to vdnpa (Porph. vit. Plot. 18). 43. Ilfoi -7/c 'Ofirjpov ipiXouoipiac (Suidas i. ■II. flepi 7//c t£ 'Ofirjpov un.r.Xnur r&v f3aoi\eu)V, in
ten l ks (ibid.). 15. Uepi TrapaXeXuppivwv r<-.
—oiijTij bvouaruiv. This and the two preceding were probably only parts of a larger work. It:, flepj 7<.<r Kurd nivSapov roS \,i\,,r irnyGtv (ibid.). 17. Com- mentaries on several of the works of Plotinus (Eunap. Vit. Porph.). 18. Ei'q rbv EoQiornv rov nXarwvoc (Boethius, Dt Divis. Praef.). 19. Evauutra Znrr)uara,
in seven l ks (Suidas). 50. Td ei'c tov Tipaiov viro-
fwilfiiiTii. a commentary on the Timaus of Plato | Ma- cron. /" Somn. Scip. ii, 3; Proclus, In Timaum). 51. I If" I W/c. iii mx books (Suidas). 52. 4>tXuXoyoc ioto-
pi'rt, in five l ks (ibid.; Euseb. Prap. I'.r. x. :;. who
quotes a passage ol some length from the first book).
53. <JuXo<xo</>oc to-Topia, in four books, a work on the lives and doctrines of philosophers (Socrates, //. E. iii. ■_':;; Eunap. Pr. p. 10). 54. rjepi foxTJc,, in five books (Suidas; Euseb. Prop. Ev. xiv, 10). 55. lltpi tujv ■li'\ii<: i vvdpvDv i Stob. 1
So Eusebius, Dem. Evany, iii. 6; Fabricius, B'M. ffracv, 725, etc.; Bolstenius, l>> Vita el Scriptis Por- phyrii; Ritter, Gesch. d. Philos. iv, 666 s<p: Lardner, Credibility of the Gosp. Hist. pt. ii. <h. xxxvii; Jortin, Remarks, ii, 389; Schaff, Ch. Ili<t. i. 190 sq.: Neander, Ch. Hist. i. 17ii sip; I'llman. in Stud. u. Krit. 1854; Ne- ander, Dogmas, i. 85, 202; ii. 467; Donaldson, Greek /.if. ih. liii; Lecky. Hist. •■/ European Mum/.-, i. :;il sip; Degerando, Hist, dt la Philos. iii. 383 sq. ; \'ale- rien l'ari.-ot. Dissertatio kistorica dt Porphyria (1845); Geberweg, Hist, of Philos. i. 251 sq.; Mosheim, Hist of the First Thret Centuries, ii. 103 Bq.; Tht terly, 1865, i. 59; Revut des Deux Monies, .May 15, 1866, p. 435; I-'arrar. frit. Hist, of Free Thought, p. 56 sq.; Journal of Speculativi Philosophy, vol. iii. No. 1. art. iii; Fisher, 7%< Beginnings of Christianity i X. Y. 1877, 8vo), p. 178 sq.; Smith. Did. of Greek awl Roman Biog. ami Mythul. (of which large use has been made).
Porree, Gilbert de la. See Porketaht.
Porreta, Mai:., uu t a. one of the numerous victims of religious intolerance in the Middle Ages, was born in Hainan)!, and published at Paris a book which, accord- ing to the decision of the theologians who examined it, contained a number of errors and heresies, "et inter cieteras ( lnvreses) quod anima annihilata in amore con- ditoris sine reprehensione conscicnti.T vel remorsti potest et illnt naturse, quidquid appetil et desiderat concedere." These errors the foolish woman refused to retract, and as she also scorned the excommunication visited upon her by the Inquisition, the Church delivered her up to the secular arm for execution. At the stake she is said to have changed her mind, and to have died with great signs of repentance; but for this we have only the testi- mony of the priests who attended her iii her last hours as her persecutors.
Porretani, a name for the followers of Gilbert de i. a Porree, bishop of Poitiers, a metaphysical divine of tic 12th century, who held opinions respecting the personality and the essence of the Holy Trinity analo- gous to those of the Letratheits or Damianists of the 6th century. Porretanus attempted to distinguish the divine essence from the Deity, and the properties of the three divine Persons from the Persons themselves, not in reality, but by abstraction. In consequence of these distinctions, lie denied the incarnation of the divine nat- ure, respecting which he ventured to set forth the prop- osition, "Quod Divina natura non cs~ei incarnate." Porretanus was accused by two of hi.- clergy of teach- ing blasphemy, and at their instigation St, Bernard brought the matter before Eugenius III. the pontiff, who was then in Prance. The case was discussed first in the ( oiini il of Paris in A.D. 1 1 17. and then in the ( louncil of Kheims. which was held in the following year. To put an end to the contest. Porretanus yielded his own judgment to that of the council and the pope. It docs nol appear that any large party was formed by Porreta- nus, hut some are spoken of under hi- name a- his fol- lowers. See Gallia Christiana, ii. 1175; Harduin, Con- ril. VI, ii. 1297; Itfansi, Condi, xxi, 712.