The Unsaying of the Real

Platinus engages in apophatic treatment of the first principle of reality, the one good. He positions the encounter with the one as an act of the esoteric, beyond the grasp of human language or thought. Platinus explores the ineffability of the one and its unsayability through performative apophatic texts. The encounter with the one is described as a profoundly beautiful and beyond beauty experience that cannot be articulated or comprehended through language or consciousness. Platinus circles around the unsayable and invites readers to transcend thought and enter a space of philosophic silence.