 Plotinus is a follower of Plato, and in his attempt to spell out systematically the truths contained in Plato’s dialogues, he founded the philosophical movement nowadays called Neoplatonism. He develops a distinctive position on human freedom, one that overlaps considerably with the Stoics’ position. However, because of his deep metaphysical differences with the Stoics, he breaks with them on the role of fate in producing human action.