Categoria: Enéada IV

1. En lo que hemos investigado sobre la esencia del alma pudimos mostrar que no es un cuerpo, ni tan siquiera, entre los seres incorpóreos, lo que consideramos la armonía o la entelequia de un cuerpo. Esto último no es verdad, tal como se dice, ni tampoco nos indica lo que es el alma, cuya…

SOUL AS BOTH ESSENTIALLY DIVISIBLE AND INDIVISIBLE. 2. Such then the nature of the soul had to be. She could not be either purely indivisible, nor purely divisible, but she necessarily had to be both indivisible and divisible, as has just been set forth. This is further proved by the following considerations. If the soul,…

II. That it is necessary, however, that the nature of soul should be a thing of this kind, and that it is not possible for soul to be any thing besides this, being neither alone impartible, nor alone partible, but that it is necessarily after this manner both these, is manifest from the following considerations.…

I. In investigating the essence of soul, if we show that it is neither body, nor the harmony in incorporeal natures; and likewise if we omit what is said of its being the entelecheia,1 or perfection of the body, as not true, as the words (taken literally) imply, and as not manifesting what the soul…

2. It can be demonstrated that soul must, necessarily, be of just this nature and that there can be no other soul than such a being, one neither wholly partible but both at once. If it had the nature of body it would consist of isolated members each unaware of the conditions of every other;…

1. In our attempt to elucidate the Essence of the soul, we show it to be neither a material fabric nor, among immaterial things, a harmony. The theory that it is some final development, some entelechy, we pass by, holding this to be neither true as presented nor practically definitive. No doubt we make a…

Capítulo 2: Analise dicotômica da divisibilidade e da indivisibilidade da alma. 5-35. Exame das consequências da hipótese segundo a qual a alma seria somente divisível. Demonstração de sua impossibilidade. 35-39. Demonstração da impossibilidade da hipótese adversa segundo a qual a alma seria exclusivamente indivisível. 39-49. Conclusão: a alma é ao mesmo tempo divisível e indivisível.…

Capítulo 1: A realidade da alma 1-10. Resumo das conclusões do Tratado-2 (IV,7): a alma (psyche) é uma realidade divina (theion) e inteligível (noeton). 11-17. O sensível (aisthesis) é dividido. 17-29. O inteligível é indivisível. 29-41. A alma é uma realidade intermediária, ao mesmo tempo indivisível (ameriston) e divisível (meriston). 41-45. A alma é indivisível…

The Fourth Ennead Second tractate. On the essence of the soul (2).

9. Habrá que investigar ahora cómo se introduce el alma en el cuerpo, mejor dicho, cómo y de qué manera. Esto no puede menos de suscitar nuestra admiración y de estimular nuestra búsqueda. Porque de dos modos puede entrar el alma en el cuerpo. En primer lugar, puede ocurrir que el alma se encuentre ya…