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Quotation from Enneads by Plotinus
“he must learn to recognise the beauty in the arts, sciences, virtues; then these severed and particular forms must be brought under the one principle”
Enneads, First Ennead, Third Tractate, trans. Stephen MacKenna and B. S. Page (1917-1930)
Plotinus describes philosophical ascent from sensible beauty toward intelligible unity.
Citation: "he must learn to recognise the beauty in the arts, sciences, virtues; then these severed and particular forms must be brought under the one principle" — Plotinus, Enneads, First Ennead, Third Tractate, trans. Stephen MacKenna and B. S. Page (1917-1930). (id enneads-q1)
Portrait: Plotin, Unknown author, Public domain.
