“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
“Knowing ourselves, we are beautiful; in self-ignorance, we are ugly.” SelfBeautifulKnowledgeKnowingIgnoranceUgly Author:Plotinus
“Being is desirable because it is identical with Beauty, and Beauty is loved because it is Being. We ourselves possess Beauty when we are true to our own being; ugliness is in going over to another order; knowing ourselves, we are beautiful; in self-ignorance, we are ugly.” SelfBeautifulOrderKnowingIgnoranceUglyDesirableUglinessIdentical Author:Plotinus
