Never did eye see the sun unless it had first become sun-like, and never can the soul have vision of the First Beauty unless itself be beautiful.
Each one of us is part of the soul of the universe - Plotinus
Each one of us is part of the soul of the universe
- Plotinus
The soul that beholds beauty becomes beautiful. - Plotinus
The soul that beholds beauty becomes beautiful.
Withdraw into yourself and look. - Plotinus
Withdraw into yourself and look.
We must close our eyes and invoke a new manner of seeing...a wakefulness that is the birthright of us all, though few put it to use. - Plotinus
We must close our eyes and invoke a new manner of seeing...a wakefulness that is the birthright of us all, though few put it to use.
Knowledge has three degrees--opinion, science, illumination. The means or instrument of the first is sense; of the second, dialectic; of the third, i… - Plotinus
Knowledge has three degrees--opinion, science, illumination. The means or instrument of the first is sense; of the second, dialectic; of the third, i…
Knowing ourselves, we are beautiful; in self-ignorance, we are ugly. - Plotinus
Knowing ourselves, we are beautiful; in self-ignorance, we are ugly.
You can only apprehend the Infinite by a faculty that is superior to reason. - Plotinus
You can only apprehend the Infinite by a faculty that is superior to reason.
The stars are like letters that inscribe themselves at every moment in the sky. Everything in the world is full of signs. All events are coordinated.… - Plotinus
The stars are like letters that inscribe themselves at every moment in the sky. Everything in the world is full of signs. All events are coordinated.…
In this state of absorbed contemplation, there is no longer any question of holding an object in view; the vision is such that seeing and seen are on… - Plotinus
In this state of absorbed contemplation, there is no longer any question of holding an object in view; the vision is such that seeing and seen are on…
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