Guthrie: Tratado 30,5-7 (III, 8, 5-7) – Of Contemplation

THIRD ENNEAD, BOOK EIGHT.

Of Nature, Contemplation and Unity.

(These three subjects are discussed in paragraphs 1-4, 5-7, and 8-16. The plain paragraph numbers, are those of the Teubner edition; those in parenthesis are the Creuzer (Didot) edition.)

B. CONTEMPLATION.

THE PROCESSION OF THE WORLD-SOUL.

PRACTICE IS ONLY A PREPARATION FOR CONTEMPLATION.

THIS CONTEMPLATION IS THE GOAL OF ALL KINDS AND GRADES OF EXISTENCE.

EVEN LOWER FORMS OF BEGETTING ARE DUE TO SEMINAL REASONS.