Sacred Texts: The Classics

The Enneads of Plotinus: THE SECOND ENNEAD: EIGHTH TRACTATE: Section 1

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1. Seen from a distance, objects appear reduced and close together, however far apart they be: within easy range, their sizes and the distances that separate them are observed correctly. Distant objects show in this reduction because they must be drawn together for vision and the light must be concentrated to suit the size of the pupil; besides, as we are placed farther and farther away from the material mass under observation, it is more and more the bare form that reaches us, stripped, so to…

The Enneads of Plotinus: THE SECOND ENNEAD: EIGHTH TRACTATE: Section 1

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