Plotinus Flashcards

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The one (or the good)

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the one is the entity beyond all categories and is the source of all existence.

It is a perfect, infinite and indivisible unity

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Emanation

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Plotinus believed that all real reality emanates from the one

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Hierarchy of reality

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there is a hierarchical structure of reality where the one is at the top, followed by successive levels of reality emanating from it

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Individual souls

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souls emanate from the world souls

these individual souls are entangled with the material world but have the potential to ascend through reflection to reunite with the divine

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Return to the one

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the ultimate goal for individual souls is to achieve a mystical reunion with the one

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Transcendence of evil

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evil is the result of a lack of goodness

by returning to the one, individuals can overcome the limitations associated with the material world

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