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Plotinus, Enneads 4.7 (DIORISIS sentence 3427)

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Οὐ γὰρ δὴ ἔξω που δραμοῦσα ἡ ψυχὴ σωφροσύνην καθορᾶι καὶ δικαιοσύνην, ἀλλʼ αὐτὴ παρʼ αὐτῆι ἐν τῆι κατανοήσει ἑαυτῆς καὶ τοῦ ὃ πρότερον ἦν ὥσπερ ἀγάλματα ἐν αὐτῆι ἱδρυμένα ὁρῶσα οἷα ὑπὸ χρόνου ἰοῦ πεπληρωμένα καθαρὰ ποιησαμένη οἷον εἰ χρυσὸς ἔμψυχος εἴη, εἶτα ἀποκρουσάμενος ὅσον γεηρὸν ἐν αὐτῶι, ἐν ἀγνοίαι πρότερον ἑαυτοῦ ὤν, ὅτι μὴ χρυσὸν ἑώρα, τότε δὴ αὐτὸν ἤδη τοῦ χρήματος θαυμάσειεν ὁρῶν μεμονωμένον, καὶ ὡς οὐδὲν ἄρα ἔδει αὐτῶι κάλλους ἐπακτοῦ ἐνθυμοῖτο, αὐτὸς κρατιστεύων, εἴ τις αὐτὸν ἐφʼ ἑαυτοῦ ἐώιη εἶναι.

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Stable ID plotinus:enneads:4.7:s3427
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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