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The Enneads of Plotinus: THE SIXTH ENNEAD: SIXTH TRACTATE: Section 18

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18. It appears then that Number in that realm is definite; it is we that can conceive the "More than is present"; the infinity lies in our counting: in the Real is no conceiving more than has been conceived; all stands entire; no number has been or could be omitted to make addition possible. It might be described as infinite in the sense that it has not been measured- who is there to measure it?- but it is solely its own, a concentrated unit, entire, not ringed round by any boundary; its manner…

The Enneads of Plotinus: THE SIXTH ENNEAD: SIXTH TRACTATE: Section 18

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