the six enneads-第181章

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s　aptitude　and　by　this　draws　near：　now　it　is　not　body　merely；　but　living　body。　By　this　neighboring　it　is　enhanced　with　some　impress　of　soul…　not　in　the　sense　of　a　portion　of　soul　entering　into　it；　but　that　it　is　warmed　and　lit　by　soul　entire：　at　once　there　is　the　ground　of　desire；　pleasure；　pain；　the　body　of　the　living　form　that　has　come　to　be　was　certainly　no　unrelated　thing。　　　　　The　soul；　sprung　from　the　divine；　lay　self…enclosed　at　peace；　true　to　its　own　quality；　but　its　neighbour；　in　uproar　through　weakness；　instable　of　its　own　nature　and　beaten　upon　from　without；　cries；　at　first　to　itself　and　afterwards　upon　the　living　total；　spreading　the　disorder　at　large。　Thus；　at　an　assembly　the　Elders　may　sit　in　tranquil　meditation；　but　an　unruly　populace；　crying　for　food　and　casting　up　a　host　of　grievances；　will　bring　the　whole　gathering　into　ugly　turmoil；　when　this　sort　of　people　hold　their　peace　so　that　a　word　from　a　man　of　sense　may　reach　them；　some　passable　order　is　restored　and　the　baser　part　ceases　to　prevail；　otherwise　the　silence　of　the　better　allows　the　rabble　to　rule；　the　distracted　assembly　unable　to　take　the　word　from　above。　　　　　This　is　the　evil　of　state　and　of　council：　and　this　is　the　evil　of　man；　man　includes　an　inner　rabble…　pleasures；　desires；　fears…　and　these　become　masters　when　the　man；　the　manifold；　gives　them　play。　　　　　But　one　that　has　reduced　his　rabble　and　gone　back　to　the　Man　he　was；　lives　to　that　and　is　that　Man　again；　so　that　what　he　allows　to　the　body　is　allowed　as　to　something　separate。　　　　　There　is　the　man；　too；　that　lives　partly　in　the　one　allegiance　and　partly　in　the　other；　he　is　a　blend　of　the　good　that　is　himself　with　the　evil　that　is　alien。　　　　　16。　But　if　that　Principle　can　never　fall　to　evil　and　we　have　given　a　true　account　of　the　soul's　entry　or　presence　to　body；　what　are　we　to　say　of　the　periodic　Descents　and　Returns；　the　punishments；　the　banishment　into　animal　forms？　That　teaching　we　have　inherited　from　those　ancient　philosophers　who　have　best　probed　into　soul　and　we　must　try　to　show　that　our　own　doctrine　is　accordant　with　it；　or　at　least　not　conflicting。　　　　　We　have　seen　that　the　participation　of　things　here　in　that　higher　means　not　that　the　soul　has　gone　outside　of　itself　to　enter　the　corporeal；　but　that　the　corporeal　has　approached　soul　and　is　now　participant　in　it；　the　coming　affirmed　by　the　ancients　can　be　only　that　approach　of　the　body　to　the　higher　by　which　it　partakes　of　life　and　of　soul；　this　has　nothing　to　do　with　local　entry　but　is　some　form　of　communion；　by　the　descent　and　embodiment　of　current　phrasing　must　be　understood　not　that　soul　becomes　an　appanage　of　body　but　that　it　gives　out　to　it　something　of　itself；　similarly；　the　soul's　departure　is　the　complete　cessation　of　that　communion。　　　　　The　various　rankings　of　the　universe　will　determine　various　degrees　of　the　communion；　soul；　ultimate　of　the　Intellectual；　will　give　forth　freely　to　body　as　being　more　nearly　of　the　one　power　and　standing　closer；　as　distance　holds　in　that　order。　　　　　The　soul's　evil　will　be　this　association；　its　good　the　release。　Why？　Because；　even　unmerged；　a　soul　in　any　way　to　be　described　as　attached　to　this　universe　is　in　some　degree　fallen　from　the　All　into　a　state　of　partition；　essentially　belonging　to　the　All；　it　no　longer　directs　its　act　Thither：　thus；　a　man's　knowledge　is　one　whole；　but　he　may　guide　himself　by　no　more　than　some　single　item　of　it；　where　his　good　would　lie　in　living　not　by　some　such　fragment　but　by　the　total　of　his　knowing。　　　　　That　One　Soul…　member　of　the　Intellectual　kosmos　and　there　merging　what　it　has　of　partial　into　the　total…　has　broken　away；　so　to　speak；　from　the　All　to　the　part　and　to　that　devotes　itself　becoming　partial　with　it：　thus　fire　that　might　consume　everything　may　be　set　to　ply　its　all…power　upon　some　trifle。　So　long　as　the　soul　remains　utterly　unattached　it　is　soul　not　singled　out；　when　it　has　accepted　separation…　not　that　of　place　but　that　of　act　determining　individualities…　it　is　a　part；　no　longer　the　soul　entire；　or　at　least　not　entire　in　the　first　sense；　when；　on　the　contrary；　it　exercises　no　such　outward　control　it　is　perfectly　the　All…Soul；　the　partial　in　it　latent。　　　　　As　for　the　entry　into　the　World　of　the　Shades；　if　this　means　into　the　unseen；　that　is　its　release；　if　into　some　lower　place；　there　is　nothing　strange　in　that；　since　even　here　the　soul　is　taken　to　be　where　the　body　is；　in　place　with　the　body。　　　　　But　on　the　dissolution　of　the　body？　　　　　So　long　as　the　image…soul　has　not　been　discarded；　clearly　the　higher　will　be　where　that　is；　if；　on　the　contrary；　the　higher　has　been　completely　emancipated　by　philosophic　discipline；　the　image…soul　may　very　well　go　alone　to　that　lower　place；　the　authentic　passing　uncontaminated　into　the　Intellectual；　separated　from　that　image　but　nonetheless　the　soul　entire。　　　　　Let　the　image…offspring　of　the　individuality…　fare　as　it　may；　the　true　soul　when　it　turns　its　light　upon　itself；　chooses　the　higher　and　by　that　choice　blends　into　the　All；　neither　acting　now　nor　extinct。　　　　　But　it　is　time　to　return　to　our　main　theme：　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　FIFTH　TRACTATE

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　ON　THE　INTEGRAL　OMNIPRESENCE　OF　THE　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　AUTHENTIC　EXISTENT　（2）。

　　　　1。　The　integral　omnipresence　of　a　unity　numerically　identical　is　in　fact　universally　received；　for　all　men　instinctively　affirm　the　god　in　each　of　us　to　be　one；　the　same　in　all。　It　would　be　taken　as　certain　if　no　one　asked　How　or　sought　to　bring　the　conviction　to　the　test　of　reasoning；　with　this　effective　in　their　thought；　men　would　be　at　rest；　finding　their　stay　in　that　oneness　and　identity；　so　that　nothing　would　wrench　them　from　this　unity。　This　principle；　indeed；　is　the　most　solidly　established　of　all；　proclaimed　by　our　very　souls；　we　do　not　piece　it　up　item　by　item；　but　find　it　within　beforehand；　it　precedes　even　the　principle　by　which　we　affirm　unquestionably　that　all　things　seek　their　good；　for　this　universal　quest　of　good　depends　on　the　fact　that　all　aim　at　unity　and　possess　unity　and　that　universally　effort　is　towards　unity。　　　　　Now　this　unity　in　going　forth；　so　far　as　it　may；　towards　the　Other　Order　must　become　manifest　as　multiplicity　and　in　some　sense　become　multiple；　but　the　primal　nature　and　the　appetition　of　the　good；　which　is　appetition　of　unity；　lead　back　to　what　is　authentically　one；　to　this　every　form　of　Being　is　urged　in　a　movement　towards　its　own　reality。　For　the　good　to　every　nature　possessing　unity　is　to　be　self…belonging；　to　be　itself；　and　that　means　to　be　a　unity。　　　　　In　virtue　of　that　unity　the　Good　may　be　regarded　as　truly　inherent。　Hence　the　Good　is　not　to　be　sought　outside；　it　could　not　have　fallen　outside　of　what　is；　it　cannot　possibly　be　found　in　non…Being；　within　Being　the　Good　must　lie；　since　it　is　never　a　non…Being。　　　　　If　that　Good　has　Being　and　is　within　the　realm　of　Being；　then　it　is　present；　self…contained；　in　everything：　we；　therefore；　need　not　look　outside　of　Being；　we　are　in　it；　yet　that　Good　is　not　exclusively　ours：　therefore　all　beings　are　one。　　　　　2。　Now　the　reasoning　faculty　which　undertakes　this　problem　is　not　a　unity　but　a　thing　of　parts；　it　brings　the　bodily　nature　into　the　enquiry；　borrowing　its　principles　from　the　corporeal：　thus　it　thinks　of　the　Essential　Existence　as　corporeal　and　as　a　thing　of　parts；　it　baulks　at　the　unity　because　it　does　not　start　from　the　appropriate　principles。　We；　however；　must　be　careful　to　bring　the　appropriately　convincing　principles　to　the　discussion　of　the　Unity；　of　perfect　Being：　we　must　hold　to　the　Intellectual　principles　which　alone　apply　to　the　Intellectual　Order　and　to　Real　Being。　　　　　On　the　one　hand　there　is　the　unstable；　exposed　to　all　sorts　of　change；　distributed　in　place；　not　so　much　Being　as　Becoming：　on　the　other；　there　is　that　which　exists　eternally；　not　divided；　subject　to　no　change　of　state；　neither　coming　into　being　nor　falling　from　it；　set　in　no　region　or　place　or　support；　emerging　from　nowhere；　entering　into　nothing；　fast　within　itself。　　　　　In　dealing　with　that　lower　order　we　would　reason　from　its　own　nature　and　the　characteristics　it　exhibits；　thus；　on　a　plausible　foundation；　we　achieve　plausible　results　by　a　plausible　system　of　deduction：　similarly；　in　dealing　with　the　Intellectual；　the　on