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

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5. Now, once Happiness is possible at all to Souls in this Universe, if some fail of it, the blame must fall not upon the place but upon the feebleness insufficient to the staunch combat in the one arena where the rewards of excellence are offered. Men are not born divine; what wonder that they do not enjoy a divine life.