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The Enneads of Plotinus: THE SIXTH ENNEAD: EIGHTH TRACTATE: Section 4

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4. It will be asked how act rising from desire can be voluntary, since desire pulls outward and implies need; to desire is still to be drawn, even though towards the good. Intellectual-Principle itself comes under the doubt; having a certain nature and acting by that nature can it be said to have freedom and self-disposal- in an act which it cannot leave unenacted?

The Enneads of Plotinus: THE SIXTH ENNEAD: EIGHTH TRACTATE: Section 4

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