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The Enneads of Plotinus: THE SECOND ENNEAD: THIRD TRACTATE: Section 10

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10. If all this be true, we must at once admit signification, though, neither singly nor collectively, can we ascribe to the stars any efficacy except in what concerns the [material] All and in what is of their own function. We must admit that the Soul before entering into birth presents itself bearing with it something of its own, for it could never touch body except under stress of a powerful inner impulse; we must admit some element of chance around it from its very entry, since the moment…

The Enneads of Plotinus: THE SECOND ENNEAD: THIRD TRACTATE: Section 10

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