Single Idea 21824

[catalogued under 7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / f. Primary being]

Full Idea

There exists a principle which transcends Being; this the One.

Gist of Idea

The One is a principle which transcends Being

Source

Plotinus (The Enneads [c.245], 5.1.10)

Book Reference

Plotinus: 'The Enneads', ed/tr. Mackenna,Stephen [Penguin 1991], p.359


A Reaction

The idea that the One transcends Being is the distinctive Plotinus doctrine. He defends the view that this was also the view of Anaxagoras, Empedocles and Plato.