“When one has achieved the object of one's desires, it is evident that one's real desire was not the ignorant possession of the desired object but to know it as possessed--as actually contemplated, as within one.” DesireIgnorancePossessionContemplationPhenomenonObjectPlotinus Book:The Essential Plotinus Source: The Essential Plotinus
“One jests because one wants to contemplate.” ComedyExpressionCommunicationDialogueContemplationMysticismInteractionPlotinusJesting Book:The Essential Plotinus Source: The Essential 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 one; object and act of vision have become identical.” StatesViewsVisionSeeingObjectsContemplationIdentical Author:Plotinus
