Ideas of Plotinus, by Theme

[Greek, 205 - 270, Born in Egypt. Porphyry was his pupil. Based in Alexandria. Died in Rome.]

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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / f. Primary being
21812 Being is the product of pure intellect
21817 The One does not exist, but is the source of all existence
21824 The One is a principle which transcends Being
7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / g. Particular being
21813 Number determines individual being
15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 5. Unity of Mind
5506 If soul was like body, its parts would be separate, without communication
15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 2. Unconscious Mind
21827 The movement of Soul is continuous, but we are only aware of the parts of it that are sensed
16. Persons / D. Continuity of the Self / 2. Mental Continuity / b. Self as mental continuity
21828 A person is the whole of their soul
17. Mind and Body / A. Mind-Body Dualism / 1. Dualism
21809 Our soul has the same ideal nature as the oldest god, and is honourable above the body
21825 The soul is outside of all of space, and has no connection to the bodily order
22. Metaethics / B. The Good / 2. Happiness / a. Nature of happiness
6922 Ecstasy is for the neo-Platonist the highest psychological state of man [Feuerbach]
22. Metaethics / C. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / b. Rational ethics
21826 The Soul reasons about the Right, so there must be some permanent Right about which it reasons
26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 6. Early Matter Theories / e. The One
21814 How can multiple existence arise from the unified One?
21815 Because the One is immobile, it must create by radiation, light the sun producing light
21816 Soul is the logos of Nous, just as Nous is the logos of the One
28. God / B. Proving God / 3. Proofs of Evidence / b. Teleological Proof
21808 Soul is author of all of life, and of the stars, and it gives them law and movement
29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 2. Immortality / b. Soul
21811 Even the soul is secondary to the Intellectual-Principle [Nous], of which soul is an utterance