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Relacja Jedno–wiele jako filozoficzny fundament metafizyki Proklosa
The Relation: One/Many as the Philosophical Foundation of Proclus’s Metaphysics

Author(s): Bogdan Dembiński
Subject(s): Philosophy
Published by: Towarzystwo Naukowe KUL & Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
Keywords: the relation: the One/Multiplicity; Plotinus; Porphyry; Iamblichus; Proclus; relacja Jedno–Wiele; Platon; Plotyn; Porfiriusz; Jamblich; Proklos

Summary/Abstract: The analysis inherent in this text is basic for the construction of Proclus’s system, namely the problem of the relation: the One/Multiplicity. This question is central and constitutes the most meaningful systems of Greek philosophy. The relation: the One/Multiplicity is the starting point in constructing metaphysical systems, it makes that all that is its consequence must have and has a relational nature. This eliminates thinking about the world in terms of isolated, autonomic, and unrelated objects. The considerations in question have shown the most important stages in the problems: the One/Multiplicity, starting from Plato, through Plotinus Porphyry, Iamblichus, down to Proclus.

  • Issue Year: 56/2008
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 33-42
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Polish