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The Enneads of Plotinus: THE SECOND ENNEAD: THIRD TRACTATE: Section 14

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14. What of poverty and riches, glory and power? In the case of inherited fortune, the stars merely announce a rich man, exactly as they announce the high social standing of the child born to a distinguished house.

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