Plotinus · thesis 20.11

Thesis 20.11

Latin

Consumatae uirtutis est etiam primos motus amputare.

Copy-text: Farmer 1998, line 15120

English

It belongs to consummate virtue to cut off even the first stirrings [of passion].

Sense checked against farmer1998:15174; Farmer's note at farmer1998:15191 reads this thesis as set in contrast with 23.6 from Iamblichus.

Translation: machine-drafted 2026-09-26 by TRANSLATOR-T03b; sense checked against farmer1998:15174; awaiting human check

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

Farmer's cross-references

• 23.6 Cum excellenter ad intellectum assimilatur anima, fit in uehiculo motus perfecte circularis.