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The Enneads of Plotinus: THE FOURTH ENNEAD: THIRD TRACTATE: Section 26

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26. Now if sensations of the active order depend upon the Couplement of soul and body, sensation must be of that double nature. Hence it is classed as one of the shared acts: the soul, in the feeling, may be compared to the workman in such operations as boring or weaving, the body to the tool employed: the body is passive and menial; the soul is active, reading such impressions as are made upon the body or discerned by means of the body, perhaps entertaining only a judgement formed as the…

The Enneads of Plotinus: THE FOURTH ENNEAD: THIRD TRACTATE: Section 26

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