FOURTH ENNEAD, BOOK FOUR.
Questions About the Soul. (Second Part.) (30-45)
STARS, AS WELL AS THE SUN, HAVE PRAYERS ADDRESSED TO THEM.
BENEFITS ARE GRANTED TO MEN THROUGH THE WORLD-SOUL’S MEDIATION.
STATEMENT OF THREE QUESTIONS.
NATURAL ACTIONS ARE BOTH ON WHOLES AND ON PARTS.
MOST OF THE ARTS ACHIEVE THEIR OWN ENDS.
ABSURDITY OF PTOLEMEAN ASTROLOGY.
NO CRIMES SHOULD BE ATTRIBUTED TO THE INFLUENCE OF SUBLUNARY DIVINITIES.
HAVING CONFUTED ASTROLOGY AND DEVILTRY, WORLD INFLUENCE IS ATTRIBUTED TO THE WORLD-SOUL.
THE STARS’ MOTIONS COMPARED TO A PREARRANGED DANCE.
THE INFLUENCE OF THE UNIVERSE SHOULD BE PARTIAL ONLY.
ASTROLOGICAL INFLUENCE MERELY INDICATION.
ASTROLOGICAL INFLUENCE MAY BE PARTLY ACTION; PARTLY MERE SIGNIFICANCE.
EARTHLY EVENTS SHOULD NOT BE ATTRIBUTED TO THE STARS’ BODY OR WILL.
THE INFLUENCE OF THE STARS CONSISTS IN THEIR CONTEMPLATION OF THE INTELLIGIBLE WORLD.
STAR INFLUENCE IS EXPLAINED BY THEIR NATURAL RADIATION OF GOOD.
SPECIAL FIGURES HAVE INDIVIDUAL EFFECTS, DUE TO THEIR CHARACTERISTICS.
NOTHING IN THE UNIVERSE IS ENTIRELY INANIMATE.
CONSCIOUSNESS DEPENDS ON CHOOSING; EVERYTHING HAS POWERS, THOUGH HIDDEN.
PRODUCTION IS DUE TO SOME PHYSICAL SOUL, NOT TO ANY ASTROLOGICAL POWER.
ASTROLOGICAL SIGNS ARE ONLY CONCATENATIONS FROM UNIVERSAL REASON.
THE GODS CANNOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR OUR ILLS.
MAGIC OCCURS BY LOVE WORKING AS SYMPATHY.
HOW PRAYERS ARE ANSWERED.
AS THE STARS ANSWER PRAYERS UNCONSCIOUSLY, THEY DO NOT NEED MEMORIES THEREFOR.
THE PRAYERS OF EVEN THE EVIL ARE ANSWERED, IF MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH NATURAL LAW.
THE WORLD-SOUL AND STARS ARE IMPASSIBLE.
HOW THE WISE MAN ESCAPES ALL ENCHANTMENTS.
THE PSYCHOLOGY OF GUARDIANS.
AN ACTIVE LIFE MAKES MEN MORE LIABLE TO ENCHANTMENTS.
MAGIC HAS POWER OVER MAN BY HIS AFFECTIONS AND WEAKNESSES.
HONESTY ESCAPES MAGIC ONLY BECAUSE IT RESULTS FROM CONTEMPLATION OF THE INTELLIGIBLE.
HOW TO AVOID MAGIC ENCHANTMENTS.
EVERY BEING THEREFORE IS A SPECIALIZED ORGAN OF THE UNIVERSE.
HUMAN NATURE IS INTERMEDIATE, SUFFERING WITH THE WHOLE, BUT ALSO ACTING ON IT.
BY A SECRET ROAD EACH ONE IS LED TO DIVINE RETRIBUTION.
EXISTENCE OF HEAVEN; HELL’S TORMENTS ARE REFORMATORY.
- Tratado 28 (IV, 3, 1) – PSYCHOLOGY OBEYS THE PRECEPT “KNOW THYSELF” (Guthrie)
- Tratado 28 (IV, 3, 2) – CONFORMITY TO THE UNIVERSAL SOUL IMPLIES THAT THEY ARE NOT PARTS OF HER (Guthrie)
- Tratado 28 (IV, 3, 3) – ARE INDIVIDUAL SOULS PART OF THE WORLD-SOUL? (Guthrie)
- Tratado 28 (IV, 3, 4) – INTELLECTUAL DIFFICULTY OF THE SOUL BEING ONE AND YET IN ALL BEINGS (Guthrie)
- Tratado 28 (IV, 3, 5) – SOULS RETAIN BOTH THEIR UNITY AND DIFFERENCES ON DIFFERENT LEVELS (Guthrie)
- Tratado 28 (IV, 3, 6) – WHY SHOULD CREATION BE PREDICATED OF THE UNIVERSAL SOUL AND NOT OF THE HUMAN? (Guthrie)
- Tratado 28 (IV, 3, 7) – DIFFERENCE BETWEEN INDIVIDUAL AND UNIVERSAL SOULS (Guthrie)
- Tratado 28 (IV, 3, 8) – SYMPATHY BETWEEN INDIVIDUAL AND UNIVERSAL SOUL (Guthrie)
- Tratado 28 (IV, 4, 1-5) – A memória em sua relação à união da alma e do corpo (Guthrie)
- Tratado 28 (IV, 4, 1) – SPEECH OF SOUL IN THE INTELLIGIBLE WORLD (Guthrie)
- Tratado 28 (IV, 4, 10) – JUPITER MAY BE TAKEN IN A DOUBLE SENSE (Guthrie)
- Tratado 28 (IV, 4, 11) – RATIOCINATION HAS NO PLACE IN THE WORLD-SOUL (Guthrie)
- Tratado 28 (IV, 4, 12) – WISDOM, IN THE WORLD-SOUL DOES NOT IMPLY REASONING AND MEMORY (Guthrie)
- Tratado 28 (IV, 4, 13) – IN THE WORLD-SOUL WISDOM IS THE HIGHEST AND NATURE THE LOWEST (Guthrie)
- Tratado 28 (IV, 4, 14) – THERE IS CONTINUITY BETWEEN NATURE AND THE ELEMENTS (Guthrie)
- Tratado 28 (IV, 4, 15) – HOW CAN TIME BE DIVIDED WITHOUT IMPLYING DIVISION OF THE SOUL’S ACTION? (Guthrie)
- Tratado 28 (IV, 4, 16) – EVEN THE PRIORITY OF ORDER IMPLIES A TEMPORAL CONCEPTION? (Guthrie)
- Tratado 28 (IV, 4, 17) – THE INTELLECTUAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE WORLD-SOUL, AND SOULS OF STARS, EARTH AND MEN (Guthrie)
- Tratado 28 (IV, 4, 18-29) – O prazer e a dor, o desejo e a cólera em sua relação à união da alma e do corpo (Guthrie)
- Tratado 28 (IV, 4, 18) – THE BODY IS NOT US, BUT OURS (Guthrie)