Become vision itself.
PLOTINUSClearly, either in the Soul alone, or in the Soul as employing the body, or in some third entity deriving from both. And for this third entity, again, there are two possible modes: it might be either a blend or a distinct form due to the blending.
More Plotinus Quotes
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The sculptor cuts away here, smoothes there, makes this line lighter, this other purer, until he or she has shown a beautiful face upon the statue.
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Never stop working on your statue until the divine glory of virtue shines out on you, until you see self-mastery enthroned upon its holy seat.
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Knowing demands the organ fitted to the object.
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One principle must make the universe a single complex living creature, one from all.
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We are not separated from spirit, we are in it.
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Why should I consent to the perpetuation of the image of this image?
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I am striving to give back the Divine in myself to the Divine in the All.
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We must close our eyes and invoke a new manner of seeing…a wakefulness that is the birthright of us all, though few put it to use.
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And this is the life of the Gods, and of Godlike men, a life without love of the world, a flight of the Alone to the Alone.
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In actions, in character, in the pursuits of the intellect; and there is the beauty of the virtues.
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You can only apprehend the Infinite by a faculty that is superior to reason.
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Clearly, either in the Soul alone, or in the Soul as employing the body, or in some third entity deriving from both. And for this third entity, again, there are two possible modes: it might be either a blend or a distinct form due to the blending.
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Each one of us is part of the soul of the universe
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Beauty addresses itself chiefly to sight, but there is a beauty for the hearing too.
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The world is knowable, harmonious, and good.
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