The paper examines Plotinus’ conception of the One-Good as the absolute and original principle of all reality. Although traces of the One are present at every level of being, its presence is simultaneously manifested as absence, highlighting its radical transcendence. At the same time, the One is, so to speak, originally and constitutively present within us and constitutes the object of our innate desire. The imagery of light expresses the One’s status as the primordial source of all intelligibility and beauty, without reducing it to any determinate form of being or thought. As the ultimate foundation of everything, the One transcends even the intelligible realm and the intelligible Beautiful itself. Consequently, mystical union with the One requires the overcoming of all ontological determinations, since its absolute simplicity precedes every form of multiplicity and definition.
Gott in uns I. 216
Michele Abbate
2026-01-01
Abstract
The paper examines Plotinus’ conception of the One-Good as the absolute and original principle of all reality. Although traces of the One are present at every level of being, its presence is simultaneously manifested as absence, highlighting its radical transcendence. At the same time, the One is, so to speak, originally and constitutively present within us and constitutes the object of our innate desire. The imagery of light expresses the One’s status as the primordial source of all intelligibility and beauty, without reducing it to any determinate form of being or thought. As the ultimate foundation of everything, the One transcends even the intelligible realm and the intelligible Beautiful itself. Consequently, mystical union with the One requires the overcoming of all ontological determinations, since its absolute simplicity precedes every form of multiplicity and definition.
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