Plotinus complicates the Platonic self by introducing levels of selfhood. By ‘level’ I mean a discrete stage in the actualization of the noetic self. The first level is the physical self, which is the subject of affections. The second is the dianoetic self, which is the subject of discursive reasoning and practical action. The third is the noetic self, which is the subject of contemplation. The noetic self is ‘identical’ to Intellect. Despite coming to identity with Intellect, we are only partially integrated into the intelligible world, and this partial integration narrows our mode of cognition. Due to this narrowing, our intellect cognizes the intelligible world from a point of view and we represent it under a certain aspect. Having this point of view individuates our intellect from other intellects, similar to the way a theorem that has been brought forward for analysis is individuated from other theorems. Representing the intelligible world under a certain aspect presupposes a perspective that is accessible only from the point of view of the person contemplating, and therefore involves subjectivity.