Sacred Texts: The Classics

The Enneads of Plotinus: THE THIRD ENNEAD: SECOND TRACTATE: Section 10

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10. But: if the evil in men is involuntary, if their own will has not made them what they are, how can we either blame wrong-doers or even reproach their victims with suffering through their own fault? If there is a Necessity, bringing about human wickedness either by force of the celestial movement or by a rigorous sequence set up by the First Cause, is not the evil a thin rooted in Nature?

The Enneads of Plotinus: THE THIRD ENNEAD: SECOND TRACTATE: Section 10

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