The Enneads

...not only to be each of the books individually, but whether the already written chapters are connected in the same way. Already I have arranged each of the books for discussion. In this way one might inquire of him; and if we happen upon anything, he will correct it word for word. Thus let the work of Cyrus Cyrus was likely a scribe or a friend involved in the production of this specific manuscript tradition. come to an end here. His own unique style alone.

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Ennead One

1. On what is the living being and what is man? original: "τί τὸ ζῶον καὶ τίς ὁ ἄνθρωπος" — This treatise explores the relationship between the biological body and the higher self.
2. On virtues.
3. On dialectic. Dialectic: For Plotinus, this is not just logic, but the spiritual process of rising from the material world to the contemplation of divine truths.
4. On happiness.
5. On whether happiness increases with the length of life.
6. On Beauty. One of Plotinus’s most famous works, discussing how the soul recognizes divine harmony through physical beauty.
7. On the first good and other goods.
8. On evils.
9. On the reasonable exit. original: "ἐξαγωγῆς" — A philosophical discussion on the conditions under which suicide might be permitted.

Ennead Two

1. On the world.
2. On the heavenly motion.
3. On whether the stars act as causes.
4. On matter.
5. On potentiality and actuality. Potentiality and Actuality: Concepts borrowed from Aristotle to explain how a thing can exist in a state of "could-be" versus "is."
6. On forms and matter.

16. On the [plenitude?] The OCR text "πλουκέως" is likely a corruption of a title referring to the Intellect or the Fullness of Being.
17. On how the many subsist after that One.
18. On the Gnostics.

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Ennead Three

19. On diligence.
20. On providence, book I.
21. On providence, book II.
22. On our allotted guardian spirit. original: "δαίμονος" — referring to the 'daimon' or guiding spirit that oversees an individual's soul.
23. On love.
24. On the origin of passions.
25. On eternity and time.
26. On nature, contemplation, and the One.
27. On contemplation.

Ennead Four

28. On the essence of the soul, book I.
29. On the essence of the soul, book II.
30. On fate.

31. On difficulties concerning the soul, book I.
32. On difficulties concerning the soul, book II.
33. On sense-perception and memory.
34. On the immortality of the soul.
35. On the descent of the soul into bodies.
36. On spiritual movement.

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Ennead Five

37. On the three primary hypostases. Hypostases: The fundamental levels of reality in Neoplatonism—the One, the Intellect, and the Soul.
38. On knowledge and what is after the First.
39. On the knowing hypostases and what is beyond.
40. On the fact that the firsts of the firsts are [real] and the All is by itself.
41. On the fact that being and the things outside the mind are not [separate] and on the intelligible.
42. On how and what is the intelligible and the intellecting All toward that.
43. On the [individual] OCR reads "ἐθνικῶν," which may be a scribe's error for "ἰδικῶν," referring to individual souls. and the immortals.
44. On intelligible beauty.

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Ennead Six

45. On the fact that all being is one.
46. On the kinds of being, book I.
47. On the kinds of being, book II.
48. On the kinds of being, book III.
49. On the fact that being is not distant from itself as a whole, book I.
50. On the fact that being is not distant from itself as a whole, book II.
51. On the Good.
52. On the One?
53. On the First?
54. On the forms?

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1. On what is the living being and what is man.
2. On virtues.
3. On dialectic.
4. On happiness.
5. On whether happiness increases with the length of life.
6. On Beauty.
7. On the first good and other goods.
8. On evils, what they are and from where.
9. On the reasonable exit.

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