Neoplatonism · Plotinus
Enneads
Plotinus, c. 204–270 CE — in Greek.
The collected treatises of Plotinus, arranged by his pupil Porphyry into six sets of nine — the founding text of Neoplatonism.
The words most alive here
- οὗτος · houtos 3,103
- τίς · tis 2,385
- ἠέ · ēe 2,303
- ἔχω · echō 2,004
- εἷς · heis 1,567
- γίγνομαι · gignomai 1,518
- λέγω · legō 1,476
- ψυχή · psychē 1,399
- ὡς · hōs 1,300
- οἷος · hoios 1,284
- ποιέω · poieō 1,220
- σῶμα · sōma 1,122
By how often they stand in this work, the commonest particles set aside. Each opens onto its own word.
Read from it
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Ἡδοναὶ καὶ λῦπαι φόβοι τε καὶ θάρρη ἐπιθυμίαι τε καὶ ἀποστροφαὶ καὶ τὸ ἀλγεῖν τίνος ἂν εἶεν Ἢ γὰρ ψυχῆς, ἢ χρωμένης ψυχῆς σώματι, ἢ τρίτου τινὸς ἐξ ἀμφοῖν.
Plotinus, Enneads 1.1 (DIORISIS sentence 1) -
Οὕτω γὰρ καὶ τὸ ἀθάνατον ἀληθὲς λέγειν, εἴπερ δεῖ τὸ ἀθάνατον καὶ ἄφθαρτον ἀπαθὲς εἶναι, ἄλλωι ἑαυτοῦ πως διδόν, αὐτὸ δὲ παρʼ ἄλλου μηδὲν ἢ ὅσον παρὰ τῶν πρὸ αὐτοῦ ἔχειν, ὧν μὴ ἀποτέτμηται κρειττόνων ὄντων.
Plotinus, Enneads 1.1 (DIORISIS sentence 10) -
Τί γὰρ ἂν καὶ φοβοῖτο τοιοῦτον ἄδεκτον ὂν παντὸς τοῦ ἔξω Ἐκεῖνο τοίνυν φοβείσθω, ὃ δύναται παθεῖν.
Plotinus, Enneads 1.1 (DIORISIS sentence 11) -
Οὐδὲ θαρρεῖ τοίνυν τούτοις γὰρ θάρρος, οἷς ἂν τὰ φοβερὰ μὴ παρῆι Ἐπιθυμίαι τε, αἳ διὰ σώματος ἀποπληροῦνται κενουμένου καὶ πληρουμένου, ἄλλου τοῦ πληρουμένου καὶ κενουμένου ὄντος Πῶς δὲ μίξεως Ἢ τὸ οὐσιῶδες ἄμικτον.
Plotinus, Enneads 1.1 (DIORISIS sentence 12) -
Πῶς δὲ ἐπεισαγωγῆς τινων Οὕτω γὰρ ἂν σπεύδοι εἰς τὸ μὴ εἶναι ὅ ἐστι.
Plotinus, Enneads 1.1 (DIORISIS sentence 13) -
Τὸ δʼ ἀλγεῖν ἔτι πόρρω.
Plotinus, Enneads 1.1 (DIORISIS sentence 14)