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

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5. But how explain the permanence There, while the content of this sphere- its elements and its living things alike- are passing? The reason is given by Plato: the celestial order is from God, the living things of earth from the gods sprung from God; and it is law that the offspring of God endures.