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THE UNITY OF APPERCEPTION IS MANIFOLD.

Project Gutenberg EPUB3 edition Plotinus and Guthrie, Kenneth Sylvan
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Is this intuition similar to the intuition of an object grasped in its entirety by a single glance, or does it contain all the thoughts of the intelligibles contemplated simultaneously? Since the intelligibles offer a varied spectacle, the thought which grasps them must evidently be equally multiple and varied, comprehending several thoughts, like the perception of a single sense-object, as for instance that of a face comprehends several perceptions because the eye, on perceiving the face, simultaneously sees the nose and the other features.

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Plotinos: Complete Works, v. 2 In Chronological Order, Grouped in Four Periods, Project Gutenberg eBook #42931

NOT EVEN THE ASCENDED SOUL NEED BE DIVIDED. IN THE INTELLIGIBLE ANTERIORITY REFERS TO ORDER, NOT TO TIME.