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The Enneads of Plotinus: THE THIRD ENNEAD: FIRST TRACTATE: Section 5

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5. But perhaps the explanation of every particular act or event is rather that they are determined by the spheric movement- the Phora- and by the changing position of the heavenly bodies as these stand at setting or rising or in mid-course and in various aspects with each other. Augury, it is urged, is able from these indications to foretell what is to happen not merely to the universe as a whole, but even to individuals, and this not merely as regards external conditions of fortune but even as…

The Enneads of Plotinus: THE THIRD ENNEAD: FIRST TRACTATE: Section 5

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