Day: July 2, 2021
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July 2, 2021
Thanks to Alissa Simon, HMU Tutor, for today’s post.
“thing within thing up to the very pinnacle of source” – Plotinus
When two mirrors face each other, whatever appears in the mirror seems to endlessly repeat. Actually, light bounces off the surface duplicating the image each time. The endless reflections are all contained within the mirror, which is the main container.
This image helps me to unpack Plotinus’s idea of the way that humans interact with the Intellectual-Principle.