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Single Idea 5506
[filed under theme 15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 5. Unity of Mind
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Full Idea
If the soul had the nature of the body, it would have isolated members each unaware of the condition of the other;..there would be a particular soul as a distinct entity to each local experience, so a multiplicity of souls would administer an individual.
Gist of Idea
If soul was like body, its parts would be separate, without communication
Source
Plotinus (The Enneads [c.245], 4.2.2), quoted by R Martin / J Barresi - Introduction to 'Personal Identity' p.15
Book Ref
'Personal Identity', ed/tr. Martin,R /Barresi,J [Blackwells 2003], p.15
A Reaction
Of course, the modern 'modularity of mind' theory does suggest that we are run by a team, but a central co-ordinator is required, with a full communication network across the modules.
The
16 ideas
from Plotinus
6922
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Ecstasy is for the neo-Platonist the highest psychological state of man
[Plotinus, by Feuerbach]
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5506
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If soul was like body, its parts would be separate, without communication
[Plotinus]
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21809
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Our soul has the same ideal nature as the oldest god, and is honourable above the body
[Plotinus]
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21808
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Soul is author of all of life, and of the stars, and it gives them law and movement
[Plotinus]
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21811
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Even the soul is secondary to the Intellectual-Principle [Nous], of which soul is an utterance
[Plotinus]
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21812
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Being is the product of pure intellect
[Plotinus]
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21813
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Number determines individual being
[Plotinus]
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21816
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Soul is the logos of Nous, just as Nous is the logos of the One
[Plotinus]
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21814
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How can multiple existence arise from the unified One?
[Plotinus]
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21815
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Because the One is immobile, it must create by radiation, light the sun producing light
[Plotinus]
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21817
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The One does not exist, but is the source of all existence
[Plotinus]
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21824
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The One is a principle which transcends Being
[Plotinus]
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21825
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The soul is outside of all of space, and has no connection to the bodily order
[Plotinus]
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21826
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The Soul reasons about the Right, so there must be some permanent Right about which it reasons
[Plotinus]
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21827
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The movement of Soul is continuous, but we are only aware of the parts of it that are sensed
[Plotinus]
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21828
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A person is the whole of their soul
[Plotinus]
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