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The Enneads of Plotinus: THE FIFTH ENNEAD: THIRD TRACTATE: Section 12

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12. But why, after all, should it not be such a manifold as long as it remains one substantial existence, having the multiplicity not of a compound being but of a unity with a variety of activities? Now, no doubt, if these various activities are not themselves substantial existences- but merely manifestations of latent potentiality- there is no compound; but, on the other hand, it remains incomplete until its substantial existence be expressed in act.

The Enneads of Plotinus: THE FIFTH ENNEAD: THIRD TRACTATE: Section 12

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