Well, this very thruth has been explained by Plotinus himself using the tool of human language, words, sintax; all these are pretty much based on our mental capacity called reason.
So while at a certain level one needs to abandon tools destined to a lower level of existence, on that level they are not only useful, but necessary tools of the journey towards the higher level. It is like, when we say … the coarse physical body is perishable, identification with it, is wrong. Than I say, if it is so, why don’t we just die than, and be done with it ? Why ? Because our current consciusness needs it, it is a very valuable tool in our earthly existence. It would be silly to discard it, at least until we have something else to base our consciusness on.
And so it is with reason, belonging to our mental body.
As yogis, we are not exonerated from reason, we are not exonerated from mental work, philosophy, discernement, clarity in thought. Not at all. You work your body, and you work your mind, you use them, until you need them no longer. But even sages need these as tools of their teaching. Like Plotinus …