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The Enneads of Plotinus: THE FOURTH ENNEAD: FOURTH TRACTATE: Section 30

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30. We have declared acts of memory unnecessary to the stars, but we allow them perceptions, hearing as well as seeing; for we said that prayers to them were heard- our supplications to the sun, and those, even, of certain other men to the stars. It has moreover been the belief that in answer to prayer they accomplish many human wishes, and this so lightheartedly that they become not merely helpers towards good but even accomplices in evil.

The Enneads of Plotinus: THE FOURTH ENNEAD: FOURTH TRACTATE: Section 30

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