ε1932Ἐπακτόν
acquired
[Meaning] added-on, foreign, excessive. Plotinus says that "virtue in the soul is acquired; but in That, from which [the soul] has it by imitation, [it is] inherent. [...] But if that [virtue] in which the soul…
Ἐπακτόν· ἐπαγόμενον, ξένον, σφοδρόν. ἐπακτὸν τῇ ψυχῇ φησὶ Πλωτῖνος τὴν ἀρετήν· ἐκείνῳ δέ, ὅθεν μιμησαμένην ἔχει, σύμφυτον. ἀλλ' εἰ μὲν οὗ μεταλαμβάνει ἡ ψυχή, τὸ αὐτὸ ἦν τῷ ἀφ'…