“We do each have an intellect but there's a universal intellect which is the same for everybody, as it were. And this single intellect is grasping the platonic forms.” FormUniversalIntellectGraspingPlatonic Author:Peter Adamson
“The forms are part of the mind, or really are the mind, they're just the contents of this universal night.” MindFormNightUniversal Author:Peter Adamson
“Assuming there is an intellect, we're clearly not this universal intellect or we would know it. So that's one function of soul.” KnowsSoulUniversalFunctionAssumingIntellect Author:Peter Adamson
“This is in a way the most important thing about soul is that it's a kind of principle which mediates between the universal intellect and the material world.” WorldWayKindImportantSoulPrinciplesMaterialsUniversalImportant ThingsIntellectMaterial World Author:Peter Adamson
“Who you really are, is an immaterial soul and the body is an external thing that's sort of an encrustation your soul. So this has important implications for Plotinus' ethics, because his ethics are basically all about encouraging us to turn away from the body and turn towards these higher principles, so universal soul, universal intellect and ultimately the One.” ImportantSoulBodyTurnsPrinciplesHigherEthicsUniversalIntellectYour SoulImplications Author:Peter Adamson
“Unlike later Neo-Platonists, Plotinus says that our souls are always connected to the universal intellect and that we never really fall away.” SoulFallUniversalConnectedIntellect Author:Peter Adamson
