If a man could but be turned about, he would see at once God and himself and the All.
PLOTINUSWhy should I consent to the perpetuation of the image of this image?
More Plotinus Quotes
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Life here with the things of the earth is a sinking, a defeat, a failing of the wing.
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The world is knowable, harmonious, and good.
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Nature is but an image of wisdom, the last thing of the soul; nature being a thing which doth only do, but not know.
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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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The Soul of each one of us is sent, that the universe may be complete.
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Each one of us is part of the soul of the universe
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The soul that beholds beauty becomes beautiful.
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Why should I consent to the perpetuation of the image of this image?
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God is not external to anyone, but is present with all things, though they are ignorant that He is so.
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We must not run after it, but we must fit ourselves for the vision and then wait tranquilly for it.
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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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Become vision itself.
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As in certain combinations so words and in all kinds of music; for melodies and cadences are beautiful; and minds that lift themselves above the realm of sense to a higher order are aware of beauty in the conduct of life.
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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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If someone with the right conduct tries to attain to something that lies outside of it, is his goal not the right conduct.
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