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Ennead II.6 [17]: On quality and form (or on substance and quality)

Plotinus

It distinguishes between the qualities that complete the essence of a thing—the heat of fire—and accidental qualities, and explains both as activities of the forming principles (logoi) that proceed from the intelligible world.

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Translated by Stephen MacKenna · 2 chapters · 1 h reading

  1. 1Ennead II.6 [17]: On quality and form (or on substance and quality) · 15′
  2. 2Ennead II.6 [17]: On quality and form (or on substance and quality) · 23′
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