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The Enneads of Plotinus: THE SIXTH ENNEAD: SECOND TRACTATE: Section 22

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22. We may here adduce the pregnant words of Plato: "Inasmuch as Intellect perceives the variety and plurality of the Forms present in the complete Living Being...." The words apply equally to Soul; Soul is subsequent to Intellect, yet by its very nature it involves Intellect in itself and perceives more clearly in that prior. There is Intellect in our intellect also, which again perceives more clearly in its prior, for while of itself it merely perceives, in the prior it also perceives its own…

The Enneads of Plotinus: THE SIXTH ENNEAD: SECOND TRACTATE: Section 22

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