Categoria: Enéada-IV-4
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Guthrie: Tratado 28 (IV, 4, 15) – HOW CAN TIME BE DIVIDED WITHOUT IMPLYING DIVISION OF THE SOUL’S ACTION?
HOW CAN TIME BE DIVIDED WITHOUT IMPLYING DIVISION OF THE SOUL’S ACTION? 15. We still have to solve one question bearing on the above discussion. If eternity relate to Intelligence, and time to the Soul — for we have stated that the existence of time is related to the actualization of the Soul, and depends…
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Guthrie: Tratado 28 (IV, 4, 14) – THERE IS CONTINUITY BETWEEN NATURE AND THE ELEMENTS
THERE IS CONTINUITY BETWEEN NATURE AND THE ELEMENTS. 14. The bodies begotten by nature are the elements. As to the animals and the plants, do they possess nature as the air possesses the light which when retiring does not injure the air, because it never mingled with the air, and remained separate from it? Or…
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Guthrie: Tratado 28 (IV, 4, 13) – IN THE WORLD-SOUL WISDOM IS THE HIGHEST AND NATURE THE LOWEST
IN THE WORLD-SOUL WISDOM IS THE HIGHEST AND NATURE THE LOWEST. 13. How would such a wisdom differ from so-called nature? (In the Soul) wisdom occupies the first rank, and nature the last. Nature is only the image of wisdom; now, if nature occupy no more than the last rank, she must also have only…
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Guthrie: Tratado 28 (IV, 4, 12) – WISDOM, IN THE WORLD-SOUL DOES NOT IMPLY REASONING AND MEMORY
WISDOM, IN THE WORLD-SOUL DOES NOT IMPLY REASONING AND MEMORY. 12. It may perhaps be objected that this might be true of nature, but that whereas the Soul-of-the-universe contains wisdom, this implies also reasoning and memory. This objection could be raised only by persons who by “wisdom” understand that which is its absence, and mistake…
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Guthrie: Tratado 28 (IV, 4, 11) – RATIOCINATION HAS NO PLACE IN THE WORLD-SOUL
RATIOCINATION HAS NO PLACE IN THE WORLD-SOUL. 11. The world is administered like a living being, namely, partly from the outside, and from the resulting members, and partly from within, and from the principle. The art of the physician works from outside in, deciding which organ is at fault, operating only with hesitation and after…
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Guthrie: Tratado 28 (IV, 4, 10) – JUPITER MAY BE TAKEN IN A DOUBLE SENSE
JUPITER MAY BE TAKEN IN A DOUBLE SENSE. 10. The principle which presides over the order of the universe is double; from one point of view he is the demiurge; from the other, the universal Soul. By the name of Jupiter, therefore, we designate both the demiurge, and the “Governor of the universe.” As to…
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Guthrie: Tratado 28 (IV, 4, 9) – DOES JUPITER’S ROYAL ADMINISTRATION IMPLY A USE OF MEMORY?
QUESTION: DOES JUPITER’S ROYAL ADMINISTRATION IMPLY A USE OF MEMORY? 9. Jupiter, who governs the world, and endues it with order and beauty, possesses from all eternity a royal soul and intelligence; he produces things by his providence, and regulates them by his power; in an orderly manner he disposes everything in the development and…
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Guthrie: Tratado 28 (IV, 4, 8) – MANY NEW THINGS ARE UNNOTICED; NOTHING FORCES THE PERCEPTION OF NEW THINGS
MANY NEW THINGS ARE UNNOTICED; NOTHING FORCES THE PERCEPTION OF NEW THINGS. 8. It is not necessary to remember all one sees, nor by imagination to represent to oneself all the things that follow fortuitously. Besides, when the mind possesses a knowledge and a clear conception of certain objects which later come to offer themselves…
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Guthrie: Tratado 28 (IV, 4, 7) – THESE SOULS DO NOT REMEMBER GOD; FOR THEY CONTINUE TO SEE HIM
THESE SOULS DO NOT REMEMBER GOD; FOR THEY CONTINUE TO SEE HIM. 7. Will these souls not even remember that they have seen the divinity? (They have no need of doing so, for) they see Him all the time; as long as they continue to see Him they cannot say that they have seen Him,…
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Guthrie: Tratado 28 (IV, 4, 6) – MEMORY IS LIMITED TO SOULS THAT CHANGE THEIR CONDITION
MEMORY IS LIMITED TO SOULS THAT CHANGE THEIR CONDITION. 6. It may therefore be fearlessly affirmed that the souls which exercise their discursive reason, and which change condition, remember; for memory is the characteristic of things that were, but no more are. DO THE WORLD-SOUL AND THE STAR-SOULS EXERCISE MEMORY? But evidently the souls which…