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“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
“The forms in intellect are some kind of blueprint or model on which the physical world is based, and something needs to come along and shape the matter in accordance with that blueprint. What does that is soul.” WorldNeedsKindDoeSoulMatterFormShapesModelsIntellectBlueprints Author:Peter Adamson
“Plotinus thought that the entire world has a single soul. He also thought that each animal and plant and of course human, has an individual soul.” WorldHumansSoulCoursesIndividualAnimalPlant Author:Peter Adamson
“In fact Plotinus thought not only that soul in general is eternal so that you always have soul, but he thought that each person's soul is eternal.” PersonsSoulFactsEternal Author:Peter Adamson
“Your soul existed before your birth, your soul will exist after your death.” SoulBirthYour Soul Author:Peter Adamson
“The body is some kind of image of you, it's kind of something that's just attached to your soul, some kind of outside principle, which doesn't really represent who you really are.” KindSoulBodyPrinciplesYour Soul 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
“When you're seeking after bodily pleasure of food and drink for example, this is going to prevent you from doing what you should be doing which is contemplating.” ShouldPleasureExampleDrinkSeekingContemplatingFood And Drink Author:Peter Adamson
“There's a stronger and more kind of controversial element of Plotinus' view of matter, which is that he actually identifies it with evil, or at least the principle of evil, and the reason for this is that he thinks that the the One, the highest principle, can also be thought of as the Good, and that's kind of surprising like, because he has this negative theology which doesn't allow us to say anything about the One. But he believes that it can be seen as the principle of goodness as well as unity, and that if you think about it, goodness and unity sort of go along with each other.” IfsThinkingBelieveWellsKindMatterReasonEvilViewsPrinciplesGoodnessElementsHighestNegativeStrongerUnityTheologySurprisingSay AnythingControversial Author:Peter Adamson