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Ideas of Plotinus, by Text
[Greek, 205 - 270, Born in Egypt. Porphyry was his pupil. Based in Alexandria. Died in Rome.]
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p.47
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Ecstasy is for the neo-Platonist the highest psychological state of man [Feuerbach]
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4.2.2
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p.15
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5506
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If soul was like body, its parts would be separate, without communication
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5.1.02
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p.348
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21808
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Soul is author of all of life, and of the stars, and it gives them law and movement
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5.1.02
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p.349
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21809
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Our soul has the same ideal nature as the oldest god, and is honourable above the body
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5.1.03
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p.350
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21811
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Even the soul is secondary to the Intellectual-Principle [Nous], of which soul is an utterance
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5.1.04
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p.351
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21812
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Being is the product of pure intellect
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5.1.05
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p.352
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21813
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Number determines individual being
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5.1.06
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p.353
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21814
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How can multiple existence arise from the unified One?
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5.1.06
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p.354
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21815
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Because the One is immobile, it must create by radiation, light the sun producing light
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5.1.06
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p.354
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21816
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Soul is the logos of Nous, just as Nous is the logos of the One
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5.1.07
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p.355
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21817
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The One does not exist, but is the source of all existence
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5.1.10
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p.359
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21824
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The One is a principle which transcends Being
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5.1.10
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p.359
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21825
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The soul is outside of all of space, and has no connection to the bodily order
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5.1.11
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p.359
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21826
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The Soul reasons about the Right, so there must be some permanent Right about which it reasons
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5.1.12
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p.360
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21827
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The movement of Soul is continuous, but we are only aware of the parts of it that are sensed
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5.1.12
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p.360
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21828
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A person is the whole of their soul
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