Plotinus · thesis 20.8

Thesis 20.8

Latin

Ciuiles uirtutes uirtutes simpliciter non sunt appellandae.

Copy-text: Farmer 1998, line 15109

English

The civic virtues are not to be called virtues in an unqualified sense.

Sense checked against farmer1998:15163; no further crux.

Translation: machine-drafted 2026-09-26 by TRANSLATOR-T03b; sense checked against farmer1998:15163; awaiting human check

Attribution: reported according to Plotinus (section 20 of the historical theses) · Pico's stance: reports

Farmer's cross-references

• 20.11 Consumatae uirtutis est etiam primos motus amputare.
• 20.12 Improprie dicitur quod intellectus ideas inspiciat uel intueatur.
• 20.14 Sicut accidentalis foelicitas animaduersione indiget, ita substantialis foelicitas per carentiam animaduersionis non solum non deperditur, s
• 21.1 Intellectus agens nihil est aliud quam pars animae quae sursum manet et non cadit.
• 23.6 Cum excellenter ad intellectum assimilatur anima, fit in uehiculo motus perfecte circularis.