The Six Enneads

Plotinus

Translated by Stephen MacKenna and B. S. Page

54 chapters · about 22 h

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The opening

FIRST TRACTATE. THE ANIMATE AND THE MAN.

THE ANIMATE AND THE MAN.

1. Pleasure and distress, fear and courage, desire and aversion, where have these affections and experiences their seat?

Clearly, either in the Soul alone, or in the Soul as employing the body, or in some third entity deriving from both. And for this third entity, again, there are two possible modes: it might be either a blend or a distinct form due to the blending.

And what applies to the affections applies also to whatsoever acts, physical or mental, spring from them.

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About this edition

The words
Stephen MacKenna and B. S. Page's English translation, copied word for word.
Left out
  • The title page and opening pages before chapter 1
  • Notes and pages added by translators, editors or publishers, in 2 places
  • Closing line ("THE END.")