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APPROACH TO THE GOOD CONSISTS IN SIMPLIFICATION.

Project Gutenberg EPUB3 edition Plotinus and Guthrie, Kenneth Sylvan
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We must still ascend to the Good to which every soul aspires. Whoever has seen it knows what I still have to say, and knows the beauty of the Good. Indeed, the Good is desirable for its own sake; it is the goal of our desires. To attain it, we have to ascend to the higher regions, turn towards them, and lay aside the garment which we put on when descending here below; just as, in the (Eleusynian, or Isiac) mysteries, those who are admitted to penetrate into the recesses of the sanctuary, after having purified themselves, lay aside every garment, and advance stark naked.

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Plotinos: Complete Works, v. 1 In Chronological Order, Grouped in Four Periods, Project Gutenberg eBook #42930

THE SOUL'S WELFARE IS TO RESEMBLE THE DIVINITY. THE SUPREME PURPOSE OF LIFE IS THE ECSTATICAL VISION OF GOD.