Select Works of Plotinus · 45 of 752 · tr. Thomas Taylor

Select Works, Section 51

Section 1 1. Is it possible to think that Happiness increases with Time, Happiness which is always taken as a present thing? The memory of former felicity may surely be ruled out of count, for Happiness is not a thing of words, but a definite condition which must be actually present like the very fact and act of life.

Themes

◇Gnosis Direct Knowledgesoteriology

Salvation through direct experiential knowledge of the divine nature, not through faith, ritual, or moral works alone.

[auto] The passage emphasizes Happiness as an immediate, actual condition rather than a product of memory or words, aligning with direct experiential knowledge over discursive thought.

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