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The Enneads of Plotinus: THE SIXTH ENNEAD: SEVENTH TRACTA...

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14. On the nature of the Intellectual-Principle we get light from its manifestations; they show that it demands such diversity as is compatible with its being a monad. Take what principle you will, that of plant or animal: if this principle were a pure unity and not a specifically varied thing, it could not so serve as principle; its product would be Matter, the principle not having taken all those forms necessary if Matter is to be permeated and utterly transformed.

The Enneads of Plotinus: THE SIXTH ENNEAD: SEVENTH TRACTA...

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