THE RELATION OF BOTH KINDS OF MATTER TO ESSENCE.
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Plotinus and Guthrie, Kenneth Sylvan
In the intelligible world, matter is essence; for what is above it (the One), is considered as superior to essence. In the sense-world, on the contrary, essence is above matter; therefore matter is nonentity, and thereby is the only thing foreign to the beauty of essence.