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“Cut away all that is excessive, straighten all that is crooked, bring light to all that is overcast, labour to make all one glow of beauty and never cease chiselling your statue, until there shall shine out on you from it the godlike splendour of virtue, until you shall see the perfect goodness surely established in the stainless shrine.”

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Book:The Six Enneads

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The Six Enneads

This book is a collection of philosophical treatises that delve into the nature of existence, the soul, and the universe. It is considered a foundational text in the history of philosophy. more

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Plotinus (204-270 AD), a renowned Greek philosopher, is considered the founder of Neoplatonism. His philosophical ideas have had a profound impact on the development of Christian philosophy and Western philosophy in general. more

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