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The Enneads of Plotinus: THE FOURTH ENNEAD: THIRD TRACTATE: Section 4

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4. But if this is the true account of the unity of soul, we must be able to meet the problems that ensue: firstly, the difficulty of one thing being present at the same moment in all things; and, secondly, the difficulty of soul in body as against soul not embodied. We might be led to think that all soul must always inhabit body; this would seem especially plausible in the case of the soul of the universe, not thought of as ever leaving its body as the human soul does: there exists, no doubt…

The Enneads of Plotinus: THE FOURTH ENNEAD: THIRD TRACTATE: Section 4

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