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THE SOUL RECEIVES HER FORM FROM INTELLIGENCE.

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5. The soul's relation to intelligence is the same as that of sight to the visible object; but it is the indeterminate sight which, before seeing, is nevertheless disposed to see and think; that is why the soul bears to intelligence the relation of matter to form.

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

BY ITS POWER, THE ONE IS EVERYWHERE. WE THINK AN INTELLECTUAL NATURE BY THINKING OURSELVES.