Who Was Alive

Were Nagarjuna and Plotinus alive at the same time?

Yes. Nagarjuna and Plotinus were alive at the same time, from AD 205 to c. AD 250.

Nagarjuna

3rd-century Indian Buddhist philosopher

Born c. AD 150 · died c. AD 250

Plotinus

Hellenistic Platonist philosopher and founder of Neoplatonism

Born AD 205 · died AD 270, aged 64 or 65

  1. Ptolemy
  2. Lucian of Samosata
  3. Marcus Aurelius
  4. Septimius Severus
  5. Nagarjuna
  6. Tertullian
  7. Plotinus
  8. Diocletian
Nagarjuna and Plotinus in bold, with some of their best-known contemporaries. Drag across to see the age each reached in any year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.