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The Enneads of Plotinus: THE FIRST ENNEAD: FIRST TRACTATE: Section 5

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5. Now this Animate might be merely the body as having life: it might be the Couplement of Soul and body: it might be a third and different entity formed from both. The Soul in turn- apart from the nature of the Animate- must be either impassive, merely causing Sense-Perception in its yoke-fellow, or sympathetic; and, if sympathetic, it may have identical experiences with its fellow or merely correspondent experiences: desire for example in the Animate may be something quite distinct from the…

The Enneads of Plotinus: THE FIRST ENNEAD: FIRST TRACTATE: Section 5

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