Plotinus · thesis 20.9

Thesis 20.9

Latin

Non fit assimilatio ad diuina per uirtutes etiam purgati animi nisi dispositiue.

Copy-text: Farmer 1998, line 15112

English

Even a purified soul is not made like the divine by the virtues themselves; the virtues only prepare it for that likeness.

Sense checked against farmer1998:15166; reworded for distance from Farmer's rendering.

Translation: machine-drafted 2026-09-26 by TRANSLATOR-T03b; sense checked against farmer1998:15166; 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.