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Sacred Texts: The Classics

The Enneads of Plotinus: THE FOURTH ENNEAD: FOURTH TRACTATE: Section 10

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10. The ordering principle is twofold; there is the principle known to us as the Demiurge and there is the Soul of the All; we apply the appellation "Zeus" sometimes to the Demiurge and sometimes to the principle conducting the universe. When under the name of Zeus we are considering the Demiurge we must leave out all notions of stage and progress, and recognize one unchanging and timeless life.