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PLOTINUS -ENNEAD ONE, SIXTH TRACTATE

Plotinus: Ennead One
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What is the difference between sensible beauty and the beauty of things outside the sense?

Sensible beauty is just that, beauty perceived through the senses. Beauty outside the senses is the beauty seen when the senses are denied a say. Plotinus said that anyone can experience sensible beauty, all that one must do is open his eyes and ears and it will be found. That is simple enough for sensible beauty, but there is a higher form of beauty that must be considered.
Plotinus brings our minds to the beauty of other things, such as beautiful ways of life and beautiful virtues. Beauty in the realm of superior being. We canâ€...

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