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The Enneads of Plotinus: THE SIXTH ENNEAD: FIRST TRACTATE: Section 14

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14. The Academy and the Lyceum are places, and parts of Place, just as "above," "below," "here" are species or parts of Place; the difference is of minuter delimitation. If then "above," "below," "the middle" are places- Delphi, for example, is the middle [of the earth]- and "near-the-middle" is also a place- Athens, and of course the Lyceum and the other places usually cited, are near the middle- what need have we to go further and seek beyond Place, admitting as we do that we refer in every…

The Enneads of Plotinus: THE SIXTH ENNEAD: FIRST TRACTATE: Section 14

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