Guthrie: Tratado 28 (IV, 4, 1-5) – A memória em sua relação à união da alma e do corpo

FOURTH ENNEAD, BOOK FOUR.
Questions About the Soul. (Second Part.) [1-5]

SPEECH OF SOUL IN THE INTELLIGIBLE WORLD.

MEMORY OF SOUL IN THE INTELLIGIBLE WORLD.

IN THE INTELLIGIBLE WORLD ALL THINGS ARE SIMULTANEOUS; HENCE NOT REMEMBERED.

INTELLIGENCE UNITES AS IT RISES TO THE INTELLIGIBLE.

NOT EVEN THE ASCENDED SOUL NEED BE DIVIDED.

THE UNITY OF APPERCEPTION IS MANIFOLD.

IN THE INTELLIGIBLE ANTERIORITY REFERS TO ORDER, NOT TO TIME.

INTELLIGENCE IS NOT A UNITY; BUT ITS MANIFOLD IS PRODUCED BY A UNITY.

THE SOUL DOES NOT EVEN REMEMBER HERSELF.

IN THE INTELLIGIBLE SELF-DIRECTION OF THOUGHT IS NOT CHANGEABLENESS.

THE SOUL BECOMES WHAT SHE REMEMBERS.

MEMORY IS NOT AS HIGH AS UNREFLECTIVE IDENTIFICATION.

INTELLIGIBLE ENTITIES ARE NOT MERELY IMAGES, BUT POTENTIALITIES FOR MEMORY.

INTELLIGIBLE ENTITIES RETURN, NOT BY MEMORY, BUT BY FURTHER VISION.

WHEN SOULS DESCEND FROM THE INTELLIGIBLE TO THE HEAVENS, THEY RECOGNIZE EACH OTHER.

TRAINING HERE BELOW WILL HELP THE SOULS TO REMEMBER WHEN BEYOND.

FALL INTO GENERATION MAY BE PARTIAL; AND MAY BE RECOVERED FROM, BEFORE RUIN.