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THESE GENERA EXIST IN BOTH THE SUBORDINATE OBJECTS, AND THEMSELVES.

Project Gutenberg EPUB3 edition Plotinus and Guthrie, Kenneth Sylvan
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But how could we realize such genera? Are all these genera susceptible of division, or do they lie entire within each of the objects they comprehend? If so, how does this unity find itself? Unity exists therein as a genus, just as the whole exists within the plurality.
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Does unity exist only in the objects that participate therein? Not only in these objects, but also in itself. This point will be studied later.

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Plotinos: Complete Works, v. 3 In Chronological Order, Grouped in Four Periods, Project Gutenberg eBook #42932

BY TENDING TOWARDS THE ONE, EVERYTHING TENDS TOWARDS THE GOOD. QUANTITY IS A SECONDARY GENUS, THEREFORE NOT A FIRST.