All things are filled full of signs, and it is a wise man who can…

All things are filled full of signs, and it is a wise man who can learn about one thing from another.

In the original Greek

Μεστὰ δὲ πάντα σημείων καὶ σοφός τις ὁ μαθὼν ἐξ ἄλλου ἄλλο.

Enneads · 270

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Plotinus. The Enneads, edited by Lloyd P. Gerson, translated by George Boys-Stones, et. al. Cambridge University Press, 2018, bk. 2, treatise 3.

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Plotinus. The Six Enneads. c. 270, bk. 2, treatise 3.

All things are filled full of signs, and it is a wise man who can learn about one thing… — Plotinus