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Plotinus, Enneads 2.3 (DIORISIS sentence 851)

grc plotinus enneads

Ἅτε δὲ δύναμιν εἰς τὸ ποιεῖν λαβοῦσα καὶ λόγων οὐ τῶν πρώτων πληρωθεῖσα οὐ μόνον καθʼ ἃ ἔλαβε ποιήσει, ἀλλὰ γένοιτο ἄν τι καὶ παρʼ αὐτῆς καὶ τοῦτο δηλονότι χεῖρον καὶ ζῶιον μέν, ζῶιον δὲ ἀτελέστερον καὶ δυσχεραῖνον τὴν αὐτοῦ ζωήν, ἅτε χείριστον καὶ δύσκολον δὴ καὶ ἄγριον καὶ ἐξ ὕλης χείρονος οἷον ὑποστάθμης τῶν προηγουμένων πικρᾶς καὶ πικρὰ ποιούσης καὶ ταῦτα παρέξει καὶ αὐτὴ τῶι ὅλωι.

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Stable ID plotinus:enneads:2.3:s851
Source Plotinus Enneads lemmatised primary text — DIORISIS edition (Vatri & McGillivray, Alan Turing Institute), Bibliotheca Augustana base text · cc-by-sa-3.0-us
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