This is why we must break away towards the High: we dare not keep ourselves set towards the sensuous principle, following the images of sense, or tow… - Plotinus
" "This is why we must break away towards the High: we dare not keep ourselves
set towards the sensuous principle, following the images of sense, or towards the
merely vegetative, intent upon the gratifications of eating and procreation; our life
must be pointed towards the Intellective, towards the Intellectual-Principle, to-
wards God.
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About Plotinus
Plotinus [Πλωτῖνος] (c. 204/205–270) was a major philosopher of the ancient world who is widely considered the founder of Neoplatonism (along with his teacher Ammonius Saccas). His metaphysical writings have inspired centuries of Pagan, Christian, Jewish, Islamic and Gnostic metaphysicians and mystics.
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Πλωτῖνος
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Plotinos
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