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The Enneads of Plotinus: THE FOURTH ENNEAD: FIFTH TRACTATE: Section 8

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8. Imagine that beyond the heavenly system there existed some solid mass, and that from this sphere there was directed to it a vision utterly unimpeded and unrestricted: it is a question whether that solid form could be perceived by what has no sympathetic relation with it, since we have held that sympathetic relation comes about in virtue of the nature inherent in some one living being. Obviously, if the sympathetic relationship depends upon the fact that percipients and things perceived are…

The Enneads of Plotinus: THE FOURTH ENNEAD: FIFTH TRACTATE: Section 8

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