Sacred Texts: The Classics

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

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1. To make the existence and coherent structure of this Universe depend upon automatic activity and upon chance is against all good sense. Such a notion could be entertained only where there is neither intelligence nor even ordinary perception; and reason enough has been urged against it, though none is really necessary.

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

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