Plotinus · Philosophy
Plotinus’ vision of all reality flowing out from the One in a great hierarchy - first the Divine Mind (<em>Nous</em>, which contains the Forms), then Soul, then the material world - by a necessary overflow that diminishes the source not at all, like light streaming from the sun.
You learned that for Plotinus all reality emanates (flows out) from the One in a descending hierarchy: from the One comes the Divine Mind (Nous, the realm of being and the Forms), from Nous comes Soul, and from Soul the material world - each level a less perfect, more multiple image of the one above, produced by overf…
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