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The Enneads of Plotinus: THE FOURTH ENNEAD: THIRD TRACTATE: Section 20

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20. Here a question rises to which we must find an answer: whether these and the other powers which we call "parts" of the Soul are situated, all, in place; or whether some have place and standpoint, others not; or whether again none are situated in place. The matter is difficult: if we do not allot to each of the parts of the Soul some form of Place, but leave all unallocated- no more within the body than outside it- we leave the body soulless, and are at a loss to explain plausibly the origin…

The Enneads of Plotinus: THE FOURTH ENNEAD: THIRD TRACTATE: Section 20

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