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We ourselves possess Beauty when we are true to our own being; ugliness is in going over to another order.

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We may treat of the Soul as in the body – whether it be set above it or actually within it – since the association of the two constitutes the one thing called the living organism, the Animate.Now from this relation.
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Above Actual Association Body Constitute IT May One Set Since Soul Thing Treat Two Whether Within
From the Soul using the body as an instrument, it does not follow that the Soul must share the body’s experiences: a man does not himself feel all the experiences of the tools with which he is working.
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Wherever it lies, under earth or over earth, the body will always rot.
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Before we had our becoming here, we existed There, men other than now; we were pure souls.
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Now we are become a dual thing, no longer that which we were at first, dormant, and in a sense no longer present.
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Each one of us is part of the soul of the universe
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It is in virtue of unity that beings are beings.
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There is one and the same soul in many bodies.
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Being is desirable because it is identical with Beauty, and Beauty is loved because it is Being.
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You can only apprehend the Infinite by a faculty that is superior to reason.
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It is precisely because there is nothing within the One that all things are from it.
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In this state of absorbed contemplation, there is no longer any question of holding an object in view.
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Absorb Contemplanation Hold Longer Object Question State View
When we look outside of that on which we depend we ignore our unity; looking outward we see many faces; look inward and all is one head.
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We ourselves possess Beauty when we are true to our own being; ugliness is in going over to another order; knowing ourselves, we are beautiful; in self-ignorance, we are ugly.
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Another Beauty Being Ignorance Order Ourselves Over Own Posses Self True Ugly
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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Away Beautiful Cut Here Lighter Line Make Other Pure Sculptor Shem Shown Smoothies Status Upon
Pleasure and distress, fear and courage, desire and aversion, where have these affections and experiences their seat?
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