Enneads II 7: On Complete Transfusion

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This is a strange little tractate, concerned strictly with physics rather than metaphysics.

II 7: On Complete Transfusion

Even though physical objects possess bodies, their qualities and, indeed, Matter itself is bodiless. So there is no reason why two bodies—say, two fluids—may not be mixed, since their bodies may be disintegrated into Matter and reintegrated into a mixed form either combining the qualities of the two, or else being re-Mattered anew as their Ideals dictate, depending on the circumstance.