Single Idea 21815

[catalogued under 26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 6. Early Matter Theories / e. The One]

Full Idea

Given this immobility of the Supreme ...what happened then? It must be a circumradiation, which may be compared to the brilliant light encircling the sun and ceaselessly generating from that unchanging substance,

Gist of Idea

Because the One is immobile, it must create by radiation, light the sun producing light

Source

Plotinus (The Enneads [c.245], 5.1.06)

Book Reference

Plotinus: 'The Enneads', ed/tr. Mackenna,Stephen [Penguin 1991], p.354


A Reaction

This is the answer given to the problem raised in Idea 21814. The sun produces energy, without apparent movement. Not an answer that will satisfy a physicist, but an interesting answer.

Related Idea

Idea 21814 How can multiple existence arise from the unified One? [Plotinus]