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The Enneads of Plotinus: THE SIXTH ENNEAD: SEVENTH TRACTATE: Section 38

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38. And yet this "He Is" does not truly apply: the Supreme has no need of Being: even "He is good" does not apply since it indicates Being: the "is" should not suggest something predicated of another thing; it is to state identity. The word "good" used of him is not a predicate asserting his possession of goodness; it conveys an identification.

The Enneads of Plotinus: THE SIXTH ENNEAD: SEVENTH TRACTATE: Section 38

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