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28. God / B. Proving God / 3. Proofs of Evidence / b. Teleological Proof

21808	Soul is author of all of life, and of the stars, and it gives them law and movement [Plotinus]
	Full Idea: Soul is the author of all living things, ...it has breathed life into them all, whatever is nourished by earth and sea, the divine stars in the sky; ...it is the principle distinct from all of these to which it gives law and movement and life.
	From: Plotinus (The Enneads [c.245], 5.1.02)
	A reaction: This seems to derive from Anaxagoras, who is mentioned by Plotinus. The soul he refers to his not the same as our concept of God. Note the word 'law', which I am guessing is nomos. Not, I think, modern laws of nature, but closer to guidelines.