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Amelius, whose family name was Gentilianus, was a
Neoplatonist philosopher and writer of the second half of the
3rd century; he was a pupil of
Numenius and secretary of
Plotinus. A native of
Apamea according to
Suda but also noted as being a Tuscan according to
Porphyry. Amelius wasn't his original name; he seems to have chosen it to express his contempt for worldly things, as the word ἀμέλεια (ameleia) means negligence in Greek. He read and wrote voraciously, memorized practically all the teachings of
Numenius of Apamea, and, according to Porphyry, wrote over 100 volumes of sayings and commentaries. Plotinus considered Amelius one of his sharpest disciples. Porphyry stated of Amelius in the
Life of Plotinus, "Amelius preferred to call himself Amerius, changing L for R, because, as he explained, it suited him better to be named from Amereia, Unification, than from Ameleia, Indifference."
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