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The Enneads of Plotinus: Porphyry: On the Life of Plotinu...

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from Plotinus: The Enneads translated by Stephen MacKenna Typed by Owlsmirror/crows -- January 2004 1. Plotinus, the philosopher our contemporary, seemed ashamed of being in the body. So deeply rooted was this feeling that he could never be induced to tell of his ancestry, his parentage, or his birthplace.

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