Problems of the the Soul (3)- "On Sight" 4.V.3. Perception of every kind seems to depend on the fact that our universe is a whole sympathetic to itself: that...
Mark Lamarre
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Jul 6, 2000 10:26 pm
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"4.VI.3. The Soul is the Reason-Principle of the universe, ultimate among the Intellectual Beings - its own essential nature is one of the Beings of the...
Mark Lamarre
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Jul 10, 2000 5:26 pm
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On Mon, 10 Jul 2000 10:26:39 PDT "Mark Lamarre" <marklamarre@...> ... ... considering Mark Lamarre's brief comments, then, as a 'trigger' for the...
Edward O Moore
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Jul 11, 2000 2:51 am
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... My opinion on this articulation is slightly different. As has been mentioned by various posters and - it is assumed that the good itself is unknowable - ...
john foster
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Jul 11, 2000 5:43 am
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On Mon, 10 Jul 2000 22:34:14 -0700 john foster ... It seems to me that the inherent 'mysticism' of Plato, as it shines through the supremely dialectical...
Edward O Moore
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Jul 12, 2000 4:28 am
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Howdy Edward - here are some quick off-the-cuff reactions. ... Maybe, but more probably through effort and purification. ... Plotinus uses the fall image at...
Mark Lamarre
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Jul 13, 2000 11:28 pm
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More off-the-cuff reactions But its lower part goes through the motions of an existence ... Here we seem to be evoking one aspect of the mystic marriage. Of...
Mark Lamarre
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Jul 13, 2000 11:57 pm
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... I am not so sure if sensations can be equated to feelings. Are not the sensations in the tissues, the organs and feelings in the heart or the mind, the...
Soft Fluffy Cloud
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Jul 15, 2000 2:03 am
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... Plotinus: 'The senses are the messengers, the Mind is the king.' I don't believe feeling as such is a recognized faculty in platonism. There is a general...
Mark Lamarre
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Jul 15, 2000 8:00 pm
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4.VII.15. To know the nature of a thing we must observe it in its unalloyed state, since any addition obscures the reality. Clear, then look: or, rather, let a...
Mark Lamarre
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Jul 17, 2000 5:58 pm
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... Re:Comment This type of understanding reflects the idea of substance found in Aristotle. The 'account of the primary substance' is the definition. Thinking...
john foster
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Jul 17, 2000 7:50 pm
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... For penetrating, I meant to say 'penetrating to the immaterial essence of something'. In other words, arriving at the mental perception of an archetype of...
Mark Lamarre
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Jul 20, 2000 11:00 pm
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On Thu, 20 Jul 2000 16:00:51 PDT "Mark Lamarre" <marklamarre@...> ... I do not agree with this statement or assessment of Plotinus' position. The...
Edward Moore
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Jul 21, 2000 5:06 am
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... Your assessment better reflects Plotinus' position, than mine did. I had taken Plotinus consideration of the Soul (potentially pure) and moved it down to...
Mark Lamarre
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Jul 22, 2000 9:13 pm
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Possible. I think that there is something here regarding harmony. The idea of melody is actually quite formally based on tone. ... It is not really possible to...
John Foster
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Jul 22, 2000 10:20 pm
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Greetings Mark! ... et. al. You wrote: "What I was trying to emphasize is the potential overall harmony of the persona and the possible harmonization of our...
Edward Moore
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Jul 23, 2000 4:23 am
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I think the process of purification is something a bit different. The process of purification is a necessary requirement to reduce or eliminate the cravings...
John Foster
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Jul 26, 2000 3:59 pm
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While we're on the subject of psychology, I came across a chart from Blumenthal's "Psychology of Plotinus", which sums up the psychological faculties of the...
Mark Lamarre
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Jul 26, 2000 7:41 pm
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On Wed, 26 Jul 2000 08:49:28 -0700 John Foster ... Of course: since the pleasure of eating requires no developed aesthetic, no judgment ... But what of the...
Edward Moore
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Jul 27, 2000 5:45 am
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(sing this to the tune of your favorite folk song) Let's raise a glass for Plotinus, for as a thinker he was not lame, though when it came to life, or how to...
Edward Moore
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Aug 3, 2000 3:26 am
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Edward, that poetic emanation was quite striking, your musical soul was definitely inspired. Having gone to bed after an enraptured reading of said ditty,...
Mark Lamarre
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Aug 4, 2000 5:09 pm
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4.8.5. Thus, in sum, the soul, a divine being and a dweller in the loftier realms, has entered body; it is a god, a later phase of the divine: but, under...
Mark Lamarre
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Aug 13, 2000 12:25 am
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On Fri, 11 Aug 2000 22:42:09 GMT "Mark Lamarre" <marklamarre@...> ... consciousness. This brings up an important question, which bears heavily upon the...
Edward Moore
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Aug 16, 2000 3:14 am
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Edward Moore wrote: "concept(s) of evolution and devolution." Not to get too fussy on terminology, but how about 'involution'? Devolution to me, would be like...
Mark Lamarre
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Aug 16, 2000 8:58 pm
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On Wed, 16 Aug 2000 20:58:47 GMT "Mark Lamarre" <marklamarre@...> ... Your point is taken, but I still like "devolution." Consider this: the term...
Edward Moore
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Aug 17, 2000 1:30 am
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According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionnary, neither term is accurate, although I haven't looked in more specialized sources: Involution: 5 : the regressive...
Mark Lamarre
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Aug 23, 2000 11:10 am
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On Tue, 22 Aug 2000 23:25:33 GMT "Mark Lamarre" <marklamarre@...> ... That is a more Gnostic point of view than the one which Plotinus permitted...
Edward Moore
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Aug 24, 2000 2:16 pm
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... I see the various philosophical, hermetic, platonic, and mystery schools of antiquity to be in basic agreement as to their general world-view and ...
Mark Lamarre
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Aug 29, 2000 11:03 pm
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On Tue, 29 Aug 2000 23:03:03 GMT "Mark Lamarre" <marklamarre@...> ... To an extent this is true. But it must be kept in mind that these 'schools'...
Edward Moore
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Aug 30, 2000 4:39 pm
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... Porphyry rightly chose to begin his edition of Plotinus' treatises with the text entitled Peri tou ti to zoion kai tis o anthropos -- "What is the Living...
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