Full Idea
The object of the 'purificatory' virtues is to detach the soul completely from the passions.
Gist of Idea
Purificatory virtues detach the soul completely from the passions
Source
Porphyry (Launching Points to the Realm of the Mind [c.280], 1Enn2 I.4)
Book Reference
Porphyry: 'Launching Points to the Realm of the Mind', ed/tr. Guthrie,Kenneth [Phanes 1988], p.31
A Reaction
This is an aspect of virtue theory which doesn't appear in Aristotle. He is in favour of rational control of the passions, but not of totally abandoning them. The neo-platonists are much more puritanical. They seem to go against human nature.
Related Idea
Idea 18444 Civil virtues make us behave benevolently, and thereby unite citizens [Porphyry]