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>Being/Life/Intellect
>Being/Intellect/Soul
>Kronos/Rhea/Zeus
>Oranos/Kronos/Zeus
>emanations
>processions and return
wtf exactly is going on here? why are there so many different alterations of what each hypostasis is, what Greek gods they represent, and how they interact with each other? it's all in hokey and metaphorical language which could mean anything you project onto the structure.

while I'm on the subject, I've never seen a Neoplatonic exposition that can be made commensurate with any other school or style of philosophy

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>>22160122
>emanations
Yes

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>>22160122
It's as simple as this. What don't you get?

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>>22160122
>it's all in hokey and metaphorical language which could mean anything you project onto the structure
now you're really getting to the root of what language is. whatever you interpret from what I say isn't up to me, I just say words that I anticipate will guide your consciousness most directly towards where I am pointing

>> No.22160414

>>22160258
What's the difference between life and soul? Intellect and soul? Paradigms and intellect? What is generation?
>>22160264
Nothing is as bad as Neoplatonism. It's not even close. It's mostly because there's almost no attempt to give a reader a compass to navigate the terminology. Is this materialism? Idealism? Formalism?

>> No.22161146

bump

>> No.22161170

what happened to the big neoplatonist general threads that used to be here?

>> No.22161243

>>22160414
>is this materialism?
Lmao what the fuck
>>22161170
We read our book

>> No.22161346

>>22160414
You need to feel it to understand it.