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Selected arguments concern a simple source and the soul’s direction. Metaphysical explanation is one thing; a report of transformative experience is another.
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Guided course · Module 6 · Lesson 27
Unity, intellect and the life of the soul
Plotinus argues from the multiplicity of things to the One, a first principle beyond Intellect. The lesson asks how Intellect, Soul and the soul’s return fit together, and why an experience of unity does not by itself prove the explanation.