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Plotinos: Complete Works, v. 3 In Chronological Order,...

SHAPE IS NOT A QUALITY; BUT SPECIFIC APPEARANCE, OR REASON.

Project Gutenberg EPUB3 edition Plotinus and Guthrie, Kenneth Sylvan
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What could be said of the shape of every thing? If we speak of the shape as far as something has a specific form, that has no regard to quality; if it be spoken of in respect to beauty or ugliness, together with the form of the subject, we there have a reason.

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

THE DERIVATION OF QUALITIES FROM AFFECTION IS OF NO IMPORTANCE. ARISTOTLE WAS WRONG IN CALLING "ROUGH," "UNITED," "RARE," AND "DENSE" QUALITIES.