Plotonis__Ennead_One

Plotonis: Ennead One What is the difference between sensible beauty and the beauty of things outside the sense' Sensible beauty is just that: beauty perceived through the senses. Beauty outside the senses is the beauty seen when what is perceived by the senses is not taken into consideration. Plotinus said that anyone can experience sensible beauty; all that one must do is open his or her eyes and ears and it will be found. That is simple enough for sensible beauty, but there is a higher form of beauty that must be considered. Plotinus brings our minds to the beauty of other things, such as beautiful ways of life and beautiful virtues; beauty in the realm of superior being. We cannot perceive that kind of beauty through our senses, can we' Yet, we know that things like this can be beautiful. He tells us that it is within the soul (mind) that we determine if these things outside the senses are beautiful. From here, Plotinus shows us a journey to wisdom through perceptions. It starts with sense, a lower form to Plotinus, but it is the only place to start. From there he goes on to tell us beauty, things, soul, senses, beautiful, sensible, plotinus, outside, must, sense, within, through, form, wisdom, simple, sees, said, realm, person, perceived, perceive, one, mind, make, journey, higher, away, above, yet, ways, virtues, understand, ugly, turns, turning