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Ennead IV.6 [41]: On sense-perception and memory

Plotinus

It rejects the view that perception is the imprint of a seal on wax: the soul does not receive impressions but knows actively. Nor does memory store images; it is a power of the soul strengthened by exercise.

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Translated by Stephen MacKenna · 2 chapters · 1 h reading

  1. 1Ennead IV.6 [41]: On sense-perception and memory · 17′
  2. 2Ennead IV.6 [41]: On sense-perception and memory · 21′
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