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Ennead III.1 [3]: On fate

Plotinus

One of his first treatises. It reviews the theories that explain everything by causes—atomists, Stoic heimarmene, astrology—and rejects them because they abolish responsibility: soul is an independent causal principle that acts of itself when it follows reason.

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Translated by Stephen MacKenna · 3 chapters · 1 h reading

  1. 1Ennead III.1 [3]: On fate · 16′
  2. 2Ennead III.1 [3]: On fate · 27′
  3. 3Ennead III.1 [3]: On fate · 33′
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