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The Enneads of Plotinus: THE THIRD ENNEAD: THIRD TRACTATE...

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5. There is, then a Providence, which permeates the Kosmos from first to last, not everywhere equal, as in a numerical distribution, but proportioned, differing, according to the grades of place- just as in some one animal, linked from first to last, each member has its own function, the nobler organ the higher activity while others successively concern the lower degrees of the life, each part acting of itself, and experiencing what belongs to its own nature and what comes from its relation…

The Enneads of Plotinus: THE THIRD ENNEAD: THIRD TRACTATE...

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