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activity See Double Activity, Principle of
actuality 26 , 29 , 31–36 , 46–50 , 100–101 , 119 , 121–122 , 194 , 295–298.  See also energeia ; Intellect ; Prior Actuality, Principle of
adaequatio 124
affection 4n9 , 37 , 105 , 148 , 150n31 , 176n99 , 185 , 202–203 . See also erōs, affection
Affinity, Principle of 8 , 46n113 , 221–226 , 228–229 , 280 , 307 , 311 , 319 , 338 , 351
agapē (ἀγάπη) 57–58
Alcinous 14n7
Ammonius 197n41
Ammonius Saccas 144n13
analogy See via positiva
anamnēsis (ἀνάµνησις) 150–151 , 153–154 , 161 , 259 , 264–265 , 289 , 348
annihilation (of soul in union) See union, monistic view
anticipation 293 , 300 , 343
Aphrodite 4n10 , 152 , 157–164 , 167 , 168 , 169 , 263
Apollo 23–24
Apuleius 14n7
archē (ἀρχή) See One, Principle
arguments See dialectic
Aristophanes (Symposium) 183
art 277n146
ascent 1–3 , 4 , 5–6 , 46 , 52 , 57 , 60 , 62n26 , 62n28 , 69–70 , 81–82 , 85 , 118n147 , 141 , 142 , 146–147 , 149 , 152n35 , 171 , 180 , 182 , 205n51 , 209 , 333 , 336–343 , , 345 , 347
erōs 213–215 , 219–220 , 257 , 262–267 , 272–273 , 339
features 267–281 , 339–340
Plato (Symposium) 259–260
preconditions 209–231 , 338
stages 272 , 282–331 , 340–341
subject 232–249 , 338–339
terminology 225n29 , 249–254 , 339
asceticism 282–283 , 308–309
Assimilation, Principle of 210–212 , 220 , 221–222 , 226 , 232 , 280 , 331 , 338 , 351
a-temporality See timelessness
Atticus 14n7 , 145
beauty 4 , 26n51 , 38 , 126 , 146 , 150–157 , 162 , 177–178 , 211–212 , 215 , 217–219 , 247 , 256 , 258–261 , 264 , 265 , 268 , 277n146 , 291–292
Beauty See Intellect, Beauty ; One, Beauty
Plato 38–39 , 152 , 259–261
being 1 , 14 , 16n13 , 17 , 20–21 , 40 , 23 , 44 , 47 , 49 , 170.  See also essence
beyond being See One, beyond being
Being See Intellect, Being
non-being See matter, non-being
body 18 , 125 , 240 , 251–252 , 270 . See also matter, sensible
ascent 244 , 245 , 247–248 , 259–260 , 282–283 , 285–286 , 288 , 289–291 , 292–293
material cosmos (informed matter) 109 , 114n130 , 123 , 126
soul (relation to) See soul, body (relation to)
boulēsis (βούλησις) 42–43 , 170 , 246–247
Calvenus Taurus 14n7
care 104–105 , 108 , 111 , 125 , 128 , 161 , 167 , 194 , 248n87 , 263 . See also illumination ; information
causality 6 , 12–13 , 15 , 21–22 , 31–32 , 38–44 , 48 , 54 , 63 , 68–69 , 71 , 72–77 , 179–180 , 182 , 189–203 , 206–207 , 209–210 , 216–217 , 218 , 226 , 276–281 , 298 , 333 , 335 , 336 , 337 , 338 , 346–347 . See also Likeness of Cause and Effect, Principle of ; Superiority of Cause to Effect, Principle of
efficient 22 , 32 , 44 , 73 , 179–180 , 182 , 195 , 197–201 , 209 , 281 , 337
final 22 , 32 , 74 , 179–180 , 182 , 189–203 , 204 , 206 , 209–210 , 213 , 216 , 217 , 225 , 257 , 281 , 336 , 337–338 , 346 , 347
formal 39 , 43–44 , 218
instrumental 240 , 277n148
causa sui 21–22 , 170
Cave of the Nymphs (Porphyry) 141
center of the soul See soul, center
Chaldean Oracles 14 , 145n15 , 328
choice 41–43 , 58–59 , 76 , 95n102 , 240 , 253 . See also necessity
Christianity 11 , 57 , 68 , 252n100 , 254 , 255–256 , 327–328 , 329n119 , 341–342 , 344
circle 26 , 192–193 , 202 , 314–315 , 324
consciousness 45 , 240 , 253 , 273 , 293 , 298–300 , 341 , 343 , 345 , 346–349 .  See also One, self-consciousness
conversion See epistrophē, conversion
Corpus Hermeticum 145n15 , 328
creation ex nihilo 11 , 16n13
Cronus 81 , 160 , 168
daimōn (δαίµων) 148 , 149–150 , 158 , 160 , 161–163 , 175–176 . See also erōs, daimonic
death 155–156 , 250–252 , 270 . See also matter, death ; immortality ; suicide
spiritual, 133 , 251–252 , 270 , 289
deliberation 11 , 24 , 41–43 , 58–59 , 76 , 95n102 , 107 , 253 . See also necessity
Demiurge 38 , 68–69 , 160
derivation 1–7 , 11–138 (esp. 11–16, 53) , 141 , 143 , 146–147 , 179–180 , 195–198 , 201–202 , 203–208 , 209 , 216 , 218–219 , 225 , 255 , 257 , 272–273 , 279 , 280 , 333–336 , 339 . See also necessity, derivation
desire See erōs
dialectic 146 , 257–258 , 261–262 , 271 , 303 , 305–307
dianoia (διάνοια; discursiveness) 26 , 71 , 84 , 86–87 , 90 , 97–103 , 105–108 , 125–126 , 165–166 , 203 , 213 , 215 , 219 , 293 , 300 , 306–307 , 310n54 , 335–336 . See also knowledge
difference See otherness
diffusivum sui 55 , 67–68 , 78 , 255–256 .  See also Henologic Giving, Principle of ; Good, self-diffusiveness ; One, superabundance ; Suberabundance, Principle of
Dione (Symposium) 159
Diotima (Symposium) 64 , 149 , 155
discursiveness See dianoia
divine 35 , 111 , 129 , 160–162 , 166 , 212 , 227–229 , 254 , 273–278 , 283–285 , 287 , 290 , 292–293 , 307 , 314 . See also erōs, divine ; God ; god(s)
dogmatism 206n54 , 207–208
Double Activity, Principle of, 8 , 28–40 , 42n102 , 43–44 , 50 , 53–55 , 65 , 70 , 76 , 79n59 , 82 , 98 , 201 , 203n49 , 280 , 333 , 351
dyad, indeterminate 12 , 81–82 . See also matter, intelligible
dynamis (δύναµις)
potentiality 31–37 , 46–49 , 89 , 100 , 112 , 121–122 , 186 , 215 , 289 , 295–298 , 334 , 352 . See also matter, potentiality
power See One, power
efficient cause See causality, efficient
Elements of Theology (Proclus) 1
emanation 11 , 15n9 , 39
energeia (ἐνέργεια) 30 , 80 , 186n14 , 191 , 199 . See also actuality
Epicurus 206–207n54
epistrophē (ἐπιστροφή)
conversion 1n1 , 118n147 , 165 , 202 , 226 , 249 , 252–255 , 268–269 , 282 , 285–286 , 288 , 339
reversion 5 , 60–62 , 80 , 82 , 85–86 , 98–99 , 109–110 , 118–119 , 121 , 123 , 130 , 135 , 163 , 164 , 166 , 218n16 , 247 , 249 , 252–254 , 318 , 335–336 , 339 , 352
erōs (ἔρως) passim. See also Eros
affection 4n9 , 148 , 149–157 , 161–162 , 174–175 , 214–215 , 290
agapē See agapē
classification 153–157
connatural (innate) 5–6 , 81 , 83 , 133 , 137n201 , 141 , 149 , 151–152 , 157 , 167–178 , 179–180 , 188 , 203 , 209 , 215 , 219 , 224 , 230 , 232 , 241 , 244–245 , 252 , 254 , 257 , 262–267 , 269 , 271 , 273 , 282 , 288 , 336–338 , 341 , 346–350
daimonic 160–162 . See also erōs, mixed
deviant 153 , 154n37 , 156–157 , 161 , 174 , 176–177 , 257 , 337
divine 160–162 , 165 . See also erōs, pure
eye 165–166 , 171–174 . See also eye
henologic 5 , 21 , 53–76 , 171 , 173 , 190 , 278–279 , 302
hyletic 110 , 119 , 123–126
hypostasis 167–178 , 257 , 337
hypostatic 171–172 , 231 , 257 , 262 , 264
indetermination See indetermination, erōs
knowledge See knowledge
lack 130–131 , 155 , 165 , 171 , 189–190 , 264–265 , 300 , 302
method of ascent 257–262
mixed (daimonic) 153–157 , 162 , 176–178 , 257 , 259 , 337 . See also erōs, daimonic
noetic 76–92 , 108 , 125 , 165 , 186–187 , 189 , 241 , 300–303 , 340
psychic 98 , 101–105 , 109
pure 153–157 , 162–164 , 170 , 173–174 , 176–178 , 257 , 259 . See also erōs, divine
recollection See anamnēsis
terminology 1n3 , 3–4 , 171
sexual See sexuality
union (unio mystica) 318–331 , 340–341
Eros 4n10 , 148–150 , 152 , 157–164 , 167–168 , 171–176 , 222 , 263 , 336 . See also erōs
esoteric interpretation (Plato) 13n6
essence 20–21 , 168–169
eternity 15–16 , 31n64 , 47 , 54 , 85–91 , 100 , 103 , 105–106 , 107 , 108 , 116 , 120 , 149n27 , 174–175 , 186–187 , 223n26 , 297–302 , 335–336
ethics 262n123 , 303–305 , 340
eudaimonia (εὐδαιµονία) 199 , 212 , 267 , 271 , 294–297 , 300–305 , 340
Eudorus 14n7
evil 154n37 , 156–157 , 176 , 184 , 187 , 223n25 , 237 , 240 , 245 , 251–253 , 256 , 336 .  See also matter, evil
ex nihilo See creation ex nihilo
existence See essence
eye 172–173 , 202 , 211–212 . See also erōs, eye
final cause See causality, final ; Good, End
flight (escape) 211 , 249–253 , 270
formal cause See causality, formal
formlessness See also Forms
One 156–157 , 216–220 , 264 , 286 , 335
matter 14n7 , 114n130 , 119–121 , 123 , 132 , 157 , 220 , 226 . See also indetermination
Forms (Ideas; intelligibles) 8 , 12 , 38–39 , 49–50 , 60 , 80 , 84–91 , 100–101 , 106–109 , 124–125 , 147–148 , 184 , 202 , 216–218 , 224 , 233–239 , 262n123 , 274–278 , 284 , 288–290 , 297–298 , 301–303 , 318–319 , 324n93 , 335 . See also formlessness ; Forms of Individuals ; Intellect
Forms of individuals 95 , 232–242 , 265–267 , 338
freedom 59 , 124 , 226 , 230 , 240 , 262 , 290 , 305 . See also necessity ; One, freedom
friendship 315n72 . See also Intellect, friendship
Glaucus 268
Gnosticism 115n136 , 127n170 , 136 , 143 , 156 , 240 , 251 , 286–287 , 304 , 315 , 341–342n1
God 16n13 , 19n28 , 207 , 254 , 308–310 , 342 , 344–345 , 348 . See also divine ; One, God ; Unmoved Mover (Aristotle’s First Mover)
god(s)/goddess(es) 129 , 148–150 , 157–161 , 175n99 , 176n100 , 211 , 248n85 , 268 , 307n50 , 328–329
godlike See divine
Good 20 , 27 , 57 , 59 , 70 , 83 , 86 , 87–89 , 99n109 , 113n129 , 115 , 127n169 , 129–130 , 135–138 , 141 , 147 , 150–152 , 154n37 , 160 , 162 , 165–166 , 170 , 175–178 , 201 , 211–212 , 215–218 , 222 , 225 , 230 , 244–245 , 250 , 254–258 , 261 , 269–270 , 273 , 278–279 , 286 , 297 , 302–303 , 305–307 , 310–313 , 323 , 327 , 330–331 , 336–337 , 340
End (final cause, object of desire) 5–7 , 12n4 , 21 , 59 , 74 , 82 , 141 , 150–152 , 165–166 , 179–203 , 206 , 209–211 , 225 , 263–266 , 281 , 333–338 . See also causality, final
Plato 12–13 , 25 , 31n63 , 37n86 , 38 , 148 , 201 , 219n17 , 258n113
self-diffusiveness 55 , 67–68 , 255–256 .  See also diffusivum sui ; One, superabundance
grace 213n8 , 254–256 , 327 , 342 , 345
Großschrift 143 , 286
habit See hexis
happiness See eudaimonia
Harpocration 14n7
hearing 325
hēmeis (ἡµεῖς) 95 , 234n47 , 236n58 , 240 , 315
Henologic Giving, Principle of 71–74 , 216 , 255 , 279–281 , 334–335 , 344 , 351
Hera 161–162
hexis (ἕξις) 31 , 33 , 35–37 , 262n123
hylomorphism 13n7 , 98–99n109 , 163 , 171 , 252
hypostases 5 , 12 , 34n74 , 39 , 44–52 , 60–62 , 66 , 76 , 99n109 , 103n115 , 109–111 , 118 , 147–148 , 156n39 , 164–165 , 168–169 , 210 , 224 , 227 , 231 , 252–253 , 257 , 262 , 280 , 307 , 334–335 , 339 , 351 . See also One ; Intellect ; soul
hypostasis (ὑπόστασις) 167–171
Iamblichus 256
Ideas See Forms
identity of indiscernibles 18–19
illumination 104–105 , 108 , 110–112 , 125 , 128 , 132–134 , 167 . See also care ; information ; light
immanence 303 , 346–349 . See also One, immanence
immortality 125n166 , 133 , 154–156 , 158 , 223
indetermination 62n28 . See also formlessness, matter ; measure
erōs 162–163 , 166
intelligible matter 80–82 , 90 , 109 , 162–163
lower matter 26 , 120–123 , 162–163 , 220 , 237–238
soul 98 , 101 , 164n61 , 174
Indian philosophy 142n3 , 348n16
individual soul See soul
individuation, principle of 232–233 , 237–239
information (giving of form) 98–99n109 , 102 , 109 , 111 , 116 , 121–123 , 126 , 128 , 130–133 , 162–167 , 219 , 237 , 248 , 262 , 286 , 336 . See also care ; illumination
Intellect 76–92 , 292–307 . See also Forms ; intellect(s)
actuality 88–91 , 186–187
Beauty 8 , 90n87 , 150 , 157 , 169–173 , 175–176 , 177–178 , 217–219 , 250n95 , 258–261
Being 8 , 24–25 , 53n2 , 71 , 73 , 85–86 , 88 , 90–91 , 108 , 130–132 , 147–148n22 , 177 , 220 , 223 , 262n123
duality (of thinker and object of thought) 49 , 59–60 , 86 , 197 , 301 , 316–317
erōs See erōs, noetic
eternity 90–91 , 106 , 298 . See also eternity
friendship 86–87 , 91 , 108 , 124–126 , 308 , 335
generation 65 , 76–84 , 87
Loving Intellect 79–87 , 90 , 98 , 109 , 163 , 166 , 218n16 , 321–322 , 324n93 , 335 .  See also matter, intelligible
multiplicity 18 , 60 , 77–79 , 83–91 , 124–126 , 130 , 147 , 195 , 302–303 , 319 , 314 .  See also one-many
otherness 72–83 , 85 , 91 , 107 , 109 , 113n129 , 120–121 , 164 , 319
pleasure See pleasure
self-sufficiency See self-sufficiency, Intellect
thinking (intellection) 60 , 84–88 , 177–178 , 213–215 , 219 , 302–303 , 318–320 . See also noēsis
Thiniking Intellect 79–84 , 87–88 , 99 , 163 , 218n16 , 321–322 , 335
totality 80 , 85n77 , 88 , 216 , 220 , 298 , 300–301 , 303 , 307 , 319 , 340
unity See unity, Intellect
intellect(s) 8 , 15 , 17n21 , 20 , 93 , 103 , 108 , 160–162 , 177–178 , 187 , 223 , 227 , 236n58 , 237 , 239 , 248n87 , 310n57 . See also Intellect
introspection 224
Islamic thought 341–342
Iuncus 14n7
Jewish thought 341–342
knowledge 213–216 , 219 , 264–265 , 331 . See also dianoia ; Intellect, thinking ; noēsis
lack See erōs, lack
ladder of love 250n95 , 259–261 , 292n18
life 23 , 26 , 37 , 50 , 53n2 , 55 , 63 , 69 , 79n59 , 80–81 , 85–86 , 90–91 , 96 , 101–105 , 128 , 186–188 , 193–194 , 201 , 226 , 241 , 243–247 , 279–280 , 294–296 , 306 , 321 . See also matter, death
light 27 , 30 , 56n13 , 78n59 , 90n87 , 97 , 104–105n116 , 165 , 192–193 , 202–203 , 230 , 289 , 292 , 297 , 314n70 , 316 , 328–330 .  See also illumination ; sun
Likeness of Cause and Effect Principle of 74–75 , 98 , 123 , 201 , 226 , 279–281 , 335 , 351
logos (λόγος) 50 , 53n1 , 101n113 , 103 , 119 , 162–163 , 165 , 169n72 , 171 , 236n58 , 239–240 , 259 , 193 , 213–214 , 321 . See also trace
love 213–220 , 232 , 244–247 , 264–265 , 330–331 . See also erōs
magic 124 , 328
matter 98–99n109 , 108–138
classification 108–110
death (lifeless) 53n2 , 79–80 , 112 , 121 , 123 , 133 , 226
erōs See erōs, hyletic
evil 110 , 112–115 , 119 , 126–138 , 330 . See also evil
formlessness See formlessness
generation 111–119 , 137–138n201
indetermination See indetermination, matter ; formlessness, matter ; measure
intelligible 14 , 41 , 44n107 , 72 , 76 , 81–90 , 98 , 102 , 109–110 , 113n129 , 118 , 121 , 130 , 132 , 162–165 , 175n99 , 202 , 216 , 218n16 , 286 . See also dyad, indeterminate ; indetermination, intelligible matter
lower 109–110
mirror 121 , 130 , 132
Nature See Nature
necessity See necessity, matter
non-being 119–120 , 130–132
participation 110–111 , 113n129 , 131
Penia See Penia
potentiality 120–122
pre-cosmic 53n2 , 60 , 101 , 109–111 , 117–123 , 130 , 132 , 136 , 184 , 226 , 242 , 247 , 335–336
privation 14n7 , 118–122 , 130 , 136 , 137n201 , 162 , 237
psychic 98–99 , 109–110 , 163n56 , 231
sensible (cosmic) 102 , 109–110 .  See also body
unity See unity, matter
measure 120–121 , 216–218 , 258n13 , 286 .  See also indetermination
memory 51 , 105 , 259 , 264–265 , 293 , 298–301 , 309n54
metempsychosis See reincarnation
Metis (Symposium) 158
Middle Platonism 14 , 145n15 . See also Platonism
multiplicity 5 , 11–52 , 65–66 , 77 , 182 , 190 , 205 , 208 , 231 , 272–273 , 280 , 301–303 , 319 , 333–335 , 340 . See also Intellect, multiplicity
music 257–259 , 261 , 339
mysticism 146–147 , 308–309 , 318n81
myths 2n4 , 6 , 13–14n7 , 15 , 66 , 94n100 , 126n168 , 141–142 , 146 , 148–150 , 157–167 , 171 , 173–174 , 176 , 222 , 263 , 337 . See also logos, speech
Narcissus 126
Nature 93 , 103 , 108–109 , 116–117 , 128 , 164–167 , 335 . See also soul, World-Soul
necessity 47 , 67–68 , 170 , 180–182 , 185 , 188 , 210–214 , 221 , 223–226 , 267 , 270 , 280 , 298 , 307 , 319 , 331 , 339–340 . See also choice ; deliberation ; freedom
derivation 15–16 , 16n13 , 29–34 , 37–43 , 61 , 67–70 , 74–75 , 91 , 98 , 117–118 , 136 , 155 , 167 , 202–208 , 253 , 262 , 333–335 , 339
matter 110–111 , 113n129 , 119 , 126–130 , 136–138 , 335–336
One 19 , 41–43 , 58–59 , 73–74 , 76 , 103 , 195–201 , 203–208 , 230 , 263–265 , 328 , 334 . See also One, freedom
Neoplatonism 1n1 , 3 , 5n13 , 13 , 62 , 65 , 67 , 92 , 136n197 , 141–142 , 145n15 , 197n41 , 210n1 , 227n31 , 242 , 249n88 , 250 , 253–256 , 285n8 , 341n1 , 341–342n2 , 342n3 , 348 . See also Platonism
Neopythagoreanism 14 , 145
noēsis (νόησις) 85–92 , 99–101 , 103 , 105–108 , 163 , 177 , 203–204 , 212–213 , 215 , 218 , 300–302 , 318–320 , 323n91 , 329–330 , 336 , 340 . See also Intellect, thinking
non-being See matter, non-being
Non-Reciprocal Participation, Principle of 273–281 , 283 , 285 , 307 , 330 , 340 , 351 .  See also participation
Numenius 145
One Introduction passim, Chapter 1 passim, 53–76 , 307–331
activity 26 , 28–44 , 49–55 , 64 , 69–70 , 72 , 76–77 , 82 , 201 , 333–334 . See also Double Activity, Principle of
Beauty 57 , 215–219 , 258–261
beyond being 17 , 24–25 , 26n51 , 148 , 192 , 201 , 219n17 . See also One, transcendence
causality See causality
End See causality ; Good, End
erōs See erōs, henologic
formlessness See formlessness
freedom 22n37 , 41–43 , 58–59 , 76 , 190 , 230 , 250 . See also freedom ; necessity, One
God 12n4 , 22n38 , 200–212 , 229 , 263 , 309n54 , 315 , 323 , 326 , 328–329 , 345
Good See Good
illusion 341 , 345–350
immanence 17n21 , 27n53 , 34 , 49–52 , 75 , 221n20 . See also immanence
immutability See One, self-abiding
impersonality 328 , 341–345
incorporeal 15 , 18 , 23
ineffability 22–28 , 203 , 229 , 333
infinity See also dynamis, power
necessity See necessity, One ; One, freedom
perfection 17 , 25–26 , 29–30 , 37–38 , 66–70 , 72–73 , 78 , 79 , 250 , 302 , 334
power 5 , 15 , 17 , 19 , 26 , 28–30 , 33–38 , 40–44 , 49 , 51 , 53n2 , 54–56 , 60 , 63n32 , 64–67 , 69 , 70 , 74 , 90 , 120–122 , 155 , 179 , 182 , 190 , 200 , 216–218 , 220 , 226 , 228 , 255 , 280 , 319 , 334
Principle (Source) 7 , 12 , 15 , 18 , 179–180
self-abiding (rest) 5n13 , 29–30 , 34 , 37–38 , 40 , 49 , 51 , 62 , 64–65 , 68–70 , 76 , 192 , 195 , 201–202 , 225 , 315 , 335 , 349
self-consciousness (noetic determinations) 26 , 42–43 , 59 , 331
self-diffusiveness See diffusivum sui ; One, superabundance
self-positing (self-determination, self-identity) See causa sui
self-sufficiency See self-sufficiency, One
simplicity 5 , 11–12 , 15–20 , 22 , 28 , 53 , 59–60 , 63n32 , 64–66 , 70–73 , 76–77 , 85n76 , 121 , 148 , 190 , 195 , 226 , 311–314 , 319–320 , 326 , 328 , 333–334 . See also Prior Simplicity, Principle of
superabundance 5 , 54 , 64–76 , 79 , 86 , 118 , 155 , 201 , 334–335 . See also Henologic Giving, Principle of ; Suberabundance, Principle of
transcendence 15 , 17n21 , 22nn37–38 , 24–26 , 26–27n53 , 34 , 37n86 , 40–41 , 43 , 49–51 , 60 , 65 , 70 , 75 , 78 , 103 , 147–148 , 206 , 221n20 , 223 , 229–230 , 254 , 279 , 309 , 318n81 , 319–320 , 330n20 , 333 , 335 , 344–350 . See also One, beyond being
uniqueness 18–20 , 73–74 , 78 , 190 , 333
unity See unity, One
one and many (soul) 96 , 101 , 148n22
one-many 78 , 86 , 88 , 96n103 , 101 , 148 , 312 . See also Intellect, multiplicity
one-over-many (universals) 234
Origen (Christian) 2
Origen (pagan) 25
Orphism 81n65 , 252n100
otherness See Intellect, otherness
ousia (οὐσία) 167
panpshychism 243 , 246
pantheism 43 , 49 , 308–309
Parmenides 119n154
Parmenides (Plato) 76 , 148 , 339
participation 96 , 99–100 , 143 , 150n32 , 164 , 175n99 , 184 , 191–192 , 200–201 , 219n18 , 223 , 236n58 , 241 , 247 , 273–281 , 286 , 307 , 312 , 326 . See also matter, participation ; Non-Reciprocal Participation, Principle of
pathos (πάθος) 150n31 . See also affection ; erōs , affection
Pausanias (Symposium) 158–159
Penia (Symposium) 129 , 133 , 158–159 , 162–167 , 171 , 174 , 176
personhood 327 , 341–345 , 349
Phaedrus (Plato) 4 , 141 , 143 , 152 , 219 , 284n6 , 337
Philebus (Plato) 144n12 , 186n13
Philo 145
philosophy See dialectic
Plato 234
Platonic Theology (Proclus) 141
Platonism 13–14n7 , 129 , 145–146 , 172 , 234–235 , 237 , 329n119 , 341 . See also Middle Platonism ; Neoplatonism
pleasure 154 , 157 , 185–188 , 214–215 , 273 , 283 , 285–288 , 294 , 301–302n38 , 307
Plutarch 14n7
Poros (Symposium) 81 , 132–133 , 158–159 , 162–163 , 171 , 174 , 176 , 321
Porphyry 7 , 35 , 141 , 256
power See dynamis, power ; One, power
prayer 124 , 288
Presocratics 143n4 , 212n7
Principle See One, Principle
Prior Actuality, Principle of 46–50 , 74 , 96 , 297–298 , 334 , 352
Prior Simplicity, Principle of 8 , 16–18 , 40 , 48 , 73 , 77 , 182 , 205 , 208 , 280 , 333 , 352
procession See derivation
production 11
Proclus 1 , 141 , 256
procreation (reproduction) 66 , 154–157
purification 6–7 , 92 , 105 , 107–108 , 137 , 194–195 , 208 , 211–212 , 215 , 217 , 226 , 231 , 246–247 , 250–252 , 256 , 268 , 271–273 , 278 , 282–292 , 294 , 303–307 , 309 , 330 , 338 , 340
Pythagoras 235
Pythagoreanism 23–24 , 145n15 , 252n100 .  See also Neopythagoreanism ; Pythagoras
reason See dialectic ; dianoia ; logos, speech ; soul, rational
recollection See anamnēsis
reincarnation 232 , 235n53 , 242–244 , 304 , 306 , 338
reproduction See procreation
Republic (Plato) 148n22 , 287 , 290
rest See One, self-abiding
return See ascent
Reversion, Principle of 60–62 , 80 , 82 , 123 , 249n94 , 252 , 262 , 335 , 352 . See also epistrophē, reversion
sage 270 , 291 , 294 , 304
self 227 , 240 , 291 , 305 , 310–317
self-sufficiency 155–156 , 296
Intellect 88–90
One 17 , 19 , 24 , 27 , 78 , 89–90 , 189 , 195
sensation 24 , 27n52 , 34n74 , 244 , 246 , 294 , 297 , 323 . See also hearing ; soul, powers ; touch ; vision
Severus 14n7
sexuality 1n3 , 4n10 , 66 , 146–147 , 152 , 154 , 185 , 324–329
sight See vision
simplicity See One, simplicity ; Prior Simplicity, Principle
simplification 272–273 , 310 , 320–323 , 341 , 343 . See also union
skepticism 207–208
Socrates 37n86 , 64 , 146 , 152 , 159n46 , 183 , 185 , 189 , 234–236 , 238 , 257n113 , 264 , 274–275 , 285n9 , 315–316
Sophist (Plato) 119n154
soul 92–108
body (relation to) 95–97 , 104–105 , 125–126 , 194–195 , 223–224 , 268 , 279 , 287–289
care See care
center of the soul 228–231 , 272 , 280 , 307–320 , 323–324 , 330 , 338 , 340–341 , 343
dianoia See dianoia
divisions 92–94
erōs See erōs, psychic
generation 97–99
illumination See illumination
immortality See immortality
indetermination See indetermination, soul
individual 2–3 , 6 , 8 , 46 , 48 , 52 , 58 , 69–70 , 86 , 92–96 , 101 , 104–108 , 123–129 , 132 , 149 , 153 , 160 , 171 , 173 , 176 , 180–181 , 188 , 194, Chapter 5 passim, Chapter 6 passim , 334 , 336–341 , 343
information See information
Loving Soul 98 , 109 . See also matter, psychic
one and many See one and many
powers (faculties) 24 , 94 , 113n129 , 188 , 212 , 224 , 244 , 246–247 , 266 , 309n54 . See also sensation
rational 86 , 93–94 , 101–103 , 161 , 176 , 188 , 194–195 , 212–216 , 224 , 228–229 , 232 , 240 , 242 , 245–247 , 295 , 301 , 306–307 . See also intellect(s)
Soul-Hypostasis 46 , 86 , 92–94 , 96–98 , 101 , 103–110 , 117 , 125–126 , 160–166 , 227n34 , 232 , 242 , 247–248 , 252 , 290 , 335
statue See statue
thinking 98–101 . See also dianoia
tripartition 94n100
undescended (part) 95 , 126 , 226–232 , 235n57 , 236n58 , 238–240 , 255–256 , 265–266 , 269 , 271–272 , 295–296 , 304 , 339
unity See unity, soul
World-Soul 8 , 92–94 , 96 , 101–110 , 113n129 , 116–117 , 123 , 125–126 , 128 , 160–162 , 164 , 166 , 176 , 224 , 232 , 242 , 247–248 , 252 , 273–276 , 278 , 283 , 290 , 304–305 , 335 . See also Nature
Soul-Hypostasis See soul, Soul-Hypostasis
statue (soul) 268–270 , 273 , 287 , 298
Stoicism 30 , 35–37 , 39 , 47–48 , 101n113 , 120n157 , 124 , 142n4 , 190 , 193 , 223n25 , 262n123 , 270n138 , 294–295 , 333
substance See hypostasis ; ousia
subtraction See ascent, features
suicide 270 , 289
sun 27 , 30 , 38 , 71 , 192–193 , 203 , 212 , 329 . See also light
Superabundance, Principle of 66–69 , 74 , 79 , 98 , 102 , 136 , 155–156 , 255 , 262 , 280 , 334–335 , 352
Superiority of Cause to Effect Principle of 46n113 , 72–75 , 98 , 123 , 136 , 203 , 216 , 279–281 , 335 , 352
sympathy 108 , 124–126 , 336
Symposium (Plato) 2n4 , 4 , 132 , 141 , 148 , 151 , 164 , 174 , 219 , 261 , 337
theurgy 256 , 328
thinking See dianoia ; Intellect, activity ; Intellect, Thinking Intellect ; noēsis ; soul, thinking
Timaeus (Plato) 15 , 112 , 113 , 129 , 160
time 13–16 , 21 , 47 , 49 , 53–55 , 90–91 , 103 , 105–109 , 113 , 129 , 116n139 , 148–149 , 166 , 169n72 , 189 , 207–208 , 223n26 , 298–301 , 334 . See also timelessness
timelessness 5 , 15–16 , 34 , 90–91 , 105–108 , 113 , 129 , 116 , 253 , 262 , 298 , 335 . See also time
touch 324–326 , 328–329 . See also sensation
trace 49–52 , 69–70 , 74–75 , 81–82 , 85–91 , 97 , 101 , 116n141 , 161 , 165–166 , 172n82 , 175n99 , 244 , 256 , 279 , 286 , 295 , 334–335 , 350
transcendence See One, transcendence
transmigration See reincarnation
tripartition (of the soul) 94n100
undescended soul See soul, undescended
union 57 , 66 , 69–70 , 147 , 165 , 200 , 203–206 , 215 , 221 , 223n25 , 230n43 , 248–249 , 253 , 256 , 261 , 271–272 , 278–280 , 282 , 293n24 , 303 , 305 , 307–331 , 338 , 340–341 , 343 , 346n13 . See also simplification
monistic interpretation (annihilation of soul) 308–311 , 314–317 , 323 , 325n98 , 343 , 346n13
theistic interpretation 308–311 , 343
uniqueness See One, uniqueness
unity 1 , 11 , 17–21 , 48–49 , 51 , 61 , 71–78 , 103 , 108–109 , 125–126 , 147–149 , 179 , 180–181 , 204–208 , 213 , 229 , 234 , 250 , 260 , 267 , 272–273 , 279–280 , 290–292 . See also One, simplicity ; Intellect, multiplicity ; one-many ; one and many
Intellect 77–79 , 83–92 , 108 , 120 , 126 , 147–149 , 163–164 , 174–175 , 195 , 197 , 277 , 300–303 , 319–320
matter 119–121 , 123
One 49 , 56 , 73–75 , 99 , 301 , 320n82
sensible cosmos 125–126 , 163–164
soul 71 , 92 , 98–103 , 107–108 , 118–119 , 165–166
universals 234
Unmoved Mover (Aristotle) 12–13 , 31n64 , 31–35 , 41 , 59–60 , 189–190 , 197–200 , 212–213
unwritten doctrines (Plato) 13 , 145
Uranus 159–160 , 168
via negativa 23–26 , 333
via positiva 22n38 , 26–28 , 333
Victorinus, Marius 35
virtue 38 , 124n165 , 193 , 199 , 211 , 251 , 260–261 , 271–279 , 282–292 , 300–301n38 , 303–305 , 338 , 340
vision 62–63 , 71 , 79n59 , 82–85 , 89 , 124 , 160n48 , 166 , 171–174 , 202 , 211–212 , 223n26 , 258n115 , 285n8 , 305 , 314n70 , 317 , 323–325 , 328–330 . See also erōs , eye ; eye ; sensation
“we” See hēmeis
World-Soul See soul, World-Soul
Zeus 93 , 158–162 , 174 , 248n87
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Series:  Philosophia Antiqua, Volume: 155
Cover Plotinus on Love: An Introduction to His Metaphysics through the Concept of <i>Eros</i>
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12 Dec 2020

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