{"collection":"Sacred Texts: The Classics","full_text_available":false,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_cla_plotenn_enn659_htm/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/sacred_texts_v1_cla_plotenn_enn659_htm","id":"sacred_texts_v1_cla_plotenn_enn659_htm","license":"unknown_pending_legal_review","rights_basis":"sacred_texts_v1_preview_gate_primary_text_only; acquisition-method/ToS and compilation-copyright questions still open, not resolved by this gate","source":"sacred_texts_v1","source_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/cla/plotenn/enn659.htm","summary":"21. Now what in all these objects of desire is the fundamental making them good? We must be bold:\nIntellectual-Principle and that life are of the order of good and hold their desirability, even they, in virtue of belonging to that order; they have their goodness, I mean, because Life is an Activity in The Good,- Or rather, streaming from The Good- while Intellectual-Principle is an Activity already defined Therein; both are of radiant beauty and, because they come Thence and lead Thither, they\u2026","tags":[],"text":null,"title":"The Enneads of Plotinus: THE SIXTH ENNEAD: SEVENTH TRACTATE: Section 21","tradition":"Sacred Texts: The Classics","translated_text":null,"word_count":210}