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| - | '''Plotinus''' ([[Ancient Greek|Greek]]: (ca. CE 204/5–270) was a major [[philosophy|philosopher]] of the ancient world who is widely considered the founder of [[Neoplatonism]] (along with his teacher [[Ammonius Saccas]]). Neoplatonism was an influential philosophy in [[Late Antiquity]]. Much of our biographical information about Plotinus comes from [[Porphyry (philosopher)|Porphyry]]'s preface to his edition of Plotinus' ''[[Enneads]]''. His [[metaphysics|metaphysical]] writings have inspired centuries of [[Paganism|Pagan]], [[Christian philosophy|Christian]], [[Jewish philosophy|Jewish]], [[Early Islamic philosophy|Islamic]] and [[Gnosticism|Gnostic]] [[metaphysics|metaphysicians]] and [[mysticism|mystics]]. | + | '''Henology''' (from [[Ancient Greek|Greek]] ἕν ''hen'', "one") is the [[philosophy|philosophical]] account or discourse on "The One" that appears most notably in the philosophy of [[Plotinus]]. [[Reiner Schürmann]] describes it as a "metaphysics of radical transcendence" that extends beyond being and intellection. It can be contrasted with [[ontology]], as ontology is "an account of being" whereas henology is an "account of unity." |
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| + | Henology stands in contradistinction to several other philosophical disciplines. The term "henology" distinguishes the discipline that concerns The One, as in the philosophies of [[Plato]] and [[Plotinus]], from disciplines that concern [[Being]] (as in [[Aristotle]] and [[Aquinas]]) and also from those that seek to understand [[Knowledge]] and [[Truth]] (as in [[Immanuel Kant|Kant]] and [[René Descartes|Descartes]]). | ||
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| - | *[[Antiochus of Ascalon]] | + | * [[Absolute (philosophy)]] |
| - | *[[Disciples of Plotinus]] | + | * [[Deleuze#Metaphysics|Deleuzian metaphysics]] |
| - | *[[Emanationism]] | + | * "God above God" in the philosophy of [[Paul Tillich]] |
| - | **''[[The Theology of Aristotle]]'' | + | * [[Henosis]], union with what is fundamental in reality |
| - | *[[Henology]] | + | * [[Monad (philosophy)]] |
| - | *[[Ignosticism]] | + | * [[Non-philosophy]] |
| - | *[[Plutarch of Chaeronea]] | + | * [[Plotinus#One|The One in Plotinus]] |
| - | *[[Thomas Taylor (neoplatonist)|Thomas Taylor]] | + | |
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Henology (from Greek ἕν hen, "one") is the philosophical account or discourse on "The One" that appears most notably in the philosophy of Plotinus. Reiner Schürmann describes it as a "metaphysics of radical transcendence" that extends beyond being and intellection. It can be contrasted with ontology, as ontology is "an account of being" whereas henology is an "account of unity."
Areas of inquiry
Henology stands in contradistinction to several other philosophical disciplines. The term "henology" distinguishes the discipline that concerns The One, as in the philosophies of Plato and Plotinus, from disciplines that concern Being (as in Aristotle and Aquinas) and also from those that seek to understand Knowledge and Truth (as in Kant and Descartes).
See also
- Absolute (philosophy)
- Deleuzian metaphysics
- "God above God" in the philosophy of Paul Tillich
- Henosis, union with what is fundamental in reality
- Monad (philosophy)
- Non-philosophy
- The One in Plotinus
