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Plotinus, Enneads 3.8 (DIORISIS sentence 2312)

grc plotinus enneads

Ἀλλʼ εἰ μὲν τὸ τοῦ φυτοῦ ἕν τοῦτο δὲ καὶ ἡ ἀρχὴ ἡ μένουσα καὶ τὸ ζώιου ἓν καὶ τὸ ψυχῆς ἓν καὶ τὸ τοῦ παντὸς ἓν λαμβάνοι, λαμβάνει ἑκασταχοῦ τὸ δυνατώτατον καὶ τὸ τίμιον εἰ δὲ τὸ τῶν κατʼ ἀλήθειαν ὄντων ἕν, τὴν ἀρχὴν καὶ πηγὴν καὶ δύναμιν, λαμβάνοι, ἀπιστήσομεν καὶ τὸ μηδὲν ὑπονοήσομεν Ἤ ἐστι μὲν τὸ μηδὲν τούτων ὧν ἐστιν ἀρχή, τοιοῦτο μέντοι, οἷον, μηδενὸς αὐτοῦ κατηγορεῖσθαι δυναμένου, μὴ ὄντος, μὴ οὐσίας, μὴ ζωῆς, τὸ ὑπὲρ πάντα αὐτῶν εἶναι.

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Stable ID plotinus:enneads:3.8:s2312
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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