MISSION STATEMENT
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- “Aim for the brightest star to know who you truly are!” My mission statement is an extension of the Apollonian dictum to ‘Know Thyself’. It reminds one to avail of the whole spectrum of virtues in order to attain a greater good. In light of and to the degree that wisdom is revealed and the capacity to discern is refined, one can steady their aim in order to reach the goal of their contemplation. To illuminate the mind with ideas that can assist all sentient beings for the good of the whole is one the highest ideals of the visionary but to intelligently cognize these ideas into a form that is simple, clear and easy to understand is the task of a true philosopher. Through the dichotomy of language there is always a better way to ask a question and in this dialectical interplay with others & ourselves, we align our desires and intentions so as to harmonize and draw closer to that most brilliant star; the source of existence and the intelligence by which to realize who we truly are.
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Tag Archives: Enneads
SUICIDE – On going out of the body
“When he was on the point of death… he said, ‘Try to bring back the god in us to the divine in the All!’ and, as a snake crept under the bed on which he was lying and disappeared into … Continue reading
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ON BEAUTY – To see with the soul’s sight
Commentary on Ennead I – Tractate 6 – On Beauty. “Withdraw into yourself and look. And if you do not find yourself beautiful yet, act as does the creator of a statue that is to be made beautiful: he cuts … Continue reading
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(Updated) BEING IN TIMELESSNESS – An Eternal Present
WELL-BEING AND THE EXTENSION OF TIME We discover in this tractate that Well-Being resides in an actual present state and not in memory or anticipation, the past or the future. For Plotinus, well-being is rooted in the upper soul, therefore … Continue reading
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ON WELL BEING – Rooted in the Good Itself
In this tractate Plotinus presents how we are to live well and reach our true good. Despite the present & more popular notion of living well, which has come to be associated with power & wealth, he takes the higher … Continue reading
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Plotinus – Ennead I.3 – Commentary
“In Plato’s time, dialectics was a debating technique subject to precise rules. A “thesis” was proposed-an interrogative proposition such as: Can virtue be taught? One of the two interlocutors attacked the thesis; the other defended it. The former attacked by … Continue reading
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Tagged ancient philosophy, Becoming Vision, dialectic, Enneads, Iona, Know thyself, pierre hadot, Plato, Plotinian Light, Plotinus, self transformation
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Dialectic – The Most Precious Part of Philosophy
According to Plotinus the dialectic aids the philosopher in raising their soul to the Intellectual Realm (the Divine or Noetic Mind). Let’s compare a passage (which partly defines the dialectic) from 4 different translations so as to locate in particular what they have … Continue reading
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Plotinus – On the Intelligible Beauty
Rekindling Plotinus’ work on the Intelligible Beauty with art and music. “Since we say that the person who has come into contemplation of the intelligible world, and understood the beauty of the true intellect, will also be able to form … Continue reading
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On Surrendering the Soul
“But in proportion as the soul goes towards the formless, since it is utterly unable to comprehend it because it is not delimited and, so to speak, stamped by a richly varied stamp, it slides away and is afraid that … Continue reading
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