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THE BODY COULD NOT POSSESS SENSATION.

Project Gutenberg EPUB3 edition Plotinus and Guthrie, Kenneth Sylvan
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6. (k.) (The body could not possess either sensation, thought, or virtue.) If the soul were a body, she would not possess either sensation, thought, science, virtue, nor any of the perfections that render her more beautiful. Here follows the proof.

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

THE SOUL IS EVERYWHERE ENTIRE; THAT IS NOT THE CASE WITH THE BODY. IMPOSSIBILITY FOR THE BODY TO HAVE SENSATION.