Strive to return the divine in yourself to the divine in all.

πειρῶ ἀνάγειν τὸ θεῖον τὸ ἐν σοὶ πρὸς τὸ θεῖον τὸ ἐν τῷ παντί

Plotinus

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Plotinus

Born around 205 CE in Roman Egypt, Plotinus developed Plato's thought into a grand metaphysical system in which all reality emanates in stages from a supreme principle he called 'the One.' His major work, the Enneads, compiled by his pupil Porphyry, profoundly influenced Augustine, Islamic philosophy, and the intellectual tradition known as Neoplatonism.

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