Episode #015 ... A Period of Transition - Plotinus
Philosophize This!
00:00
What Makes a Dog a Clock?
In order to be considered a thing, you need to possess a certain amount of unity. Plotinus says that the more unit something has, the more real it is. Even continuous magnitudes could not exist without an inherent unity. Break them apart, and their very being is altered in the measure of the breach of unity. The most important part of plotinus philosophy is called his chain of bein,. Sometimes he calls it the good hearkening back to plato. But i can't call it anything, nobody should really call it anything. It's beyond description.
Transcript
Play full episode
