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The Enneads of Plotinus: THE FIFTH ENNEAD: FOURTH TRACTAT...

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2. If the Intellectual-Principle were the engendering Source, then the engendered secondary, while less perfect than the Intellectual-Principle, would be close to it and similar to it: but since the engendering Source is above the Intellectual-Principle, the secondary can only be that principle. But why is the Intellectual-Principle not the generating source?