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The Enneads of Plotinus: THE SECOND ENNEAD: THIRD TRACTATE: Section 9

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9. This brings us to the Spindle-destiny, spun according to the ancients by the Fates. To Plato the Spindle represents the co-operation of the moving and the stable elements of the kosmic circuit: the Fates with Necessity, Mother of the Fates, manipulate it and spin at the birth of every being, so that all comes into existence through Necessity.

The Enneads of Plotinus: THE SECOND ENNEAD: THIRD TRACTATE: Section 9

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