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

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8. Now comes the question what sort of thing does the Intellectual-Principle see in seeing the Intellectual Realm and what in seeing itself? We are not to look for an Intellectual realm reminding us of the colour or shape to be seen on material objects: the intellectual antedates all such things; and even in our sphere the production is very different from the Reason-Principle in the seeds from which it is produced.

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

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