Ennead VI Books 1 to 5 by Plotinus
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The Stoic God Is Modified Matter
The Stoics did well indeed to assign the principle of everything to the first rank, but they should not have recognized as principle and accepted as being what was shapeless, passive, devoid of life and intelligence. Because of the universe's beauty, they are forced to introduce within it a divinity, but the latter derives his very essence from matter. Rather, he is no more than modified matter. The Stoic God is only modified matter.
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