Plotinus (1)

Q. Plotinus's views are often associated with the Platonic view.
DQ. Do you feel that it is more affective to have the view that we as humans start at the bottom, and as we develop our beliefs and spiritually we are closer to reaching the ultimate existence, or to have the view that we  are already the superior race and closing your mind to the "rubbish" of self-discovering and living in a self satisfied ignorance will eventually lead us to the ultimate existence?