Porphyry's Launching Points to the Intelligible,' properly known as theSententiae,' is a concise and powerful summation of the main principles of Plotinian Platonism. Essentially it is a paraphrase (hence the title the "Sentences") of many of the central doctrines in the Enneads' and therefore is a good introductory guide for Plotinian and post-Plotinian Platonism, in general. The over-riding theme to theSententiae,' however, is primarily ethical and is reminiscent of the Phaedo, as it champions philosophy as a preparation for death through divine gnosis and civic virtue (liberating one's true-self from the body), culminating with the soul's return to the Intelligible World of Ideas. This short, but vigorous guide to neo-Platonism, will indeed serve as a "launching point" for further inquiry and it is recommended, along with the Middle-Platonist, Alcinous' `Handbook' on Plato, for those just becoming affiliated with neo-Platonism.