8. His ethical studies of virtues and happiness.
9. His restatement of Numenius's arguments for the immateriality of the soul.
SELECTED MAXIMS
The reader may be interested in a few maxims selected from Plotinos' works which may be of general interest.
1. We develop toward ecstasy by simplification of Soul.
2. We rise by the flight of the Single to the Single, face to face.
3. We contain something of the Supreme.
4. The Soul becomes what she remembers and sees.
5. Everything has a secret power.