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The Enneads of Plotinus: THE SECOND ENNEAD: NINTH TRACTATE: Section 6

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6. And, what are we to think of the new forms of being they introduce- their "Exiles" and "Impressions" and "Repentings"? If all comes to states of the Soul- "Repentance" when it has undergone a change of purpose; "Impressions" when it contemplates not the Authentic Existences but their simulacra- there is nothing here but a jargon invented to make a case for their school: all this terminology is piled up only to conceal their debt to the ancient Greek philosophy which taught, clearly and…

The Enneads of Plotinus: THE SECOND ENNEAD: NINTH TRACTATE: Section 6

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