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

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12. Knowing demands the organ fitted to the object; eyes for one kind, ears for another: similarly some things, we must believe, are to be known by the Intellectual-Principle in us. We must not confuse intellection with hearing or seeing; this would be trying to look with the ears or denying sound because it is not seen.

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

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