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| | Episteme and Techne |
 | | Human beings begin life automatically and instinctively seeking the primary objects of nature, but as their power of reason develops, they come to realize, if they attain a correct understanding, that moral action is really the end of life. |
 | | Even if a human cannot always be in such a state, when he is in a state of continuous and uninterrupted theorizing about the truth, he is just so far forth like god. |
 | | Since the ideal state for a human is to enjoy the knowledge which is found in Nous and then, beyond that, the contemplation of the One, Plotinus gives short shrift to the civic virtues of courage, justice, and moderation. |
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