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When one has achieved the object of one's desires, it is evident that one's real desire was not the ignorant possession of the desired object but to … - Plotinus
" "When one has achieved the object of one's desires, it is evident that one's real desire was not the ignorant possession of the desired object but to know it as possessed — as actually contemplated, as within one.
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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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