Plotinus The Enneads -

We return to the One not by traveling, but by turning our attention inward, away from bodily desires and toward our own intellect.

"Civic virtues" (like justice and temperance) are necessary for order, but "purificatory virtues" are needed to strip away the soul's attachment to the material world. Legacy and Influence PLOTINUS THE ENNEADS

The absolute, simple, and transcendent first principle. It is beyond "being" and "intellect," acting as the source of all existence. We return to the One not by traveling,

The principle that bridges the intelligible and sensible worlds. It translates the eternal ideas of the Intellect into the temporal, moving reality of our universe. 🌀 The Concept of Emanation but by turning our attention inward