Categoria: Enéada-IV-4
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Guthrie: Tratado 28 (IV, 4, 25) – IF SENSATION IS A SOUL-DISTRACTION, THE STARS WOULD NOT INDULGE THEREIN
IF SENSATION IS A SOUL-DISTRACTION, THE STARS WOULD NOT INDULGE THEREIN. 25. It would seem that in order to see, and in general to feel, mere possession of the necessary organs by the soul, is not enough; the soul must also be disposed to direct her attention to things of sense. But it is usual…
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Guthrie: Tratado 28 (IV, 4, 24) – ARE THE SENSES GIVEN US ONLY FOR THE SAKE OF UTILITY?
ARE THE SENSES GIVEN US ONLY FOR THE SAKE OF UTILITY? 24. Whether the senses were given us for the sake of utility must be examined as follows. If the soul were separated from the body, she would not feel; she feels only when united to a body; therefore she feels by and for the…
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Guthrie: Tratado 28 (IV, 4, 23) – CONCEPTIVE THOUGHT DEMANDS THE INTERMEDIARY PROCESS OF SENSATION
CONCEPTIVE THOUGHT DEMANDS THE INTERMEDIARY PROCESS OF SENSATION. 23. Conception of sense-objects occurs when the soul or the living being experiences perceptions by grasping the bodies inherent qualities, and by representing their forms to itself. The soul must therefore perceive sense-objects either with or without the body. How could the soul do so alone? Pure…
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Guthrie: Tratado 28 (IV, 4, 22) – RELATION OF DESIRE-FUNCTION TO THE VEGETATIVE POWERS
RELATION OF DESIRE-FUNCTION TO THE VEGETATIVE POWERS. 22. It is possible, even in plant-life, to distinguish something which is the characteristic property of their bodies, and a power that imparts it to them. What in us in the soul’s faculty of desire, is in plant-life the natural element (or, vegetative power). PLATO IS IN DOUBT…
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Guthrie: Tratado 28 (IV, 4, 21) – DESIRES ARE PHYSICAL, BECAUSE CHANGEABLE IN HARMONY WITH THE BODY
DESIRES ARE PHYSICAL, BECAUSE CHANGEABLE IN HARMONY WITH THE BODY. 21. The observation of the different ages shows that it is indeed the organism which is the origin of desires. Indeed, these change according as the man is a child or a youth, sick or well. Nevertheless that part of the soul which is the…
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Guthrie: Tratado 28 (IV, 4, 20) – THE APPETITES ARE LOCATED NEITHER IN BODY NOR SOUL, BUT IN THEIR COMBINATION
THE APPETITES ARE LOCATED NEITHER IN BODY NOR SOUL, BUT IN THEIR COMBINATION. 20. Consequently, it may be said that the origin of the desires should be located in the common (combination) and in the physical nature. To desire and seek something would not be characteristic of a body in any state whatever (which would…
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Guthrie: Tratado 28 (IV, 4, 19) – THE SOUL FEELS THE PASSIONS WITHOUT EXPERIENCING THEM
THE SOUL FEELS THE PASSIONS WITHOUT EXPERIENCING THEM. 19. That is why there is pleasure and pain. That is why grief is said to be a perception of dissolution, when the body is threatened with the loss of the image of the soul (of being disorganized by losing the irrational soul). That is why it…
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Guthrie: Tratado 28 (IV, 4, 18) – THE BODY IS NOT US, BUT OURS
THE BODY IS NOT US, BUT OURS. 18. Does the body, thanks to the presence of the soul that vivifies it, possess something which becomes characteristically its own, or is its possession nothing more than its nature, and is this the only thing added to the body? Evidently, the body which enjoys the presence of…
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Guthrie: Tratado 28 (IV, 4, 17) – THE INTELLECTUAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE WORLD-SOUL, AND SOULS OF STARS, EARTH AND MEN
THE INTELLECTUAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE WORLD-SOUL, AND SOULS OF STARS, EARTH AND MEN. 17. Why are the thoughts and rational aspirations in us different (from what they are in the universal Soul) ? Why is there in us posteriority in respect to time (as we conceive things in a successive manner, while the universal Soul…
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Guthrie: Tratado 28 (IV, 4, 16) – EVEN THE PRIORITY OF ORDER IMPLIES A TEMPORAL CONCEPTION?
QUESTION: EVEN THE PRIORITY OF ORDER IMPLIES A TEMPORAL CONCEPTION. 16. It may however be objected that if the (universal Soul) contain things in the order in which they were successively produced, she thereby contains them as earlier and later. Then, if she produce them within time, she inclines towards the future, and consequently, also…