MY MISSION STATEMENT
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- “Aim for the brightest star to know who you truly are!” My Mission Statement is an extension of the Apollonian maxim to ‘Know Thyself’. It reminds one to avail of the whole spectrum of virtues in order to attain the greatest possible good within the constructs of time; in light of and to the degree that wisdom is revealed and the capacity to discern is refined, one can steady their aim in view to contemplation: To illuminate the mind with ideas that can assist all sentient beings for the good of the whole is one the highest ideals of the visionary but to cognize these ideas into a form that is simple, clear and easy to understand remains the task of the philosopher. Thro’ the dichotomy of language there is always a better way to ask a question, and by means of this dialectical interplay with others and ourselves we align our desires and intentions so as to harmonize and draw closer to that most brilliant star; our source of existence and thereby the intelligence (gnosis) by which to realize who we truly are.
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Tag Archives: platonism
Plotinus, Ennead 1.1: The Animate and the Human Being
Mapping Human Experience: The Many Facets of Self Know thyself: these were the two words inscribed on the entrance to the Oracle of Delphi. Philosophia begins with this injunction—and so Plotinus begins where we all must necessarily begin: with ourselves. … Continue reading
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Tagged Ennead 1.1, Enneads, human being, Neoplatonism, platonism, Plotinian Hierarchy, Plotinus, Soul
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Plotinus, Ennead I.2: On Virtue | Commentary
“The Civic Virtues…. are a principle of order and beauty in us as long as we remain passing our life here: they ennoble us by setting bound and measure to our desires and to our entire sensibility, and dispelling false … Continue reading
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Tagged ancient philosophy, civic virtue, Enneads, Neoplatonism, ontology, Plato, platonism, Plotinus, Virtue
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As Night & Day Are One
“Constantly observe all that comes about through change, and habituate yourself to the thought that the nature of the whole loves nothing so much as to change one form of existence into another, similar but new.” – Marcus Aurelius We … Continue reading
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Tagged Clarity, Heraclitus, Lucidity, Lucius Annaeus Seneca, lunacy, Muses, Plato, platonism, Stoicism, stream consciousness, theatrical splendour
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Three Academic Philosophers Sitting In A Tree: S-M-I-L-I-N-G
Gentlemen, your enriching dialogue was as music to my ears and a Dionysian feast of the senses. By Zeus a lot has been covered in this interview, and there is no firm handle by which to engage you three at … Continue reading
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Tagged Emanation, Enneads, Jack Bagby, Matthew David Segall, Neoplatonism, Pedro Brea, platonism, Plotinian Hierarchy, Plotinus
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The Splendour of Beauty’s Light
“If all people worked for the beautiful, and endeavoured to do the most beautiful things, everything people need in common, and the greatest good for each in particular, would be achieved.” – Aristotle How the trees of the forest run … Continue reading
Set Forth into the Deep
This poem largely draws upon platonic thought so as to express how we have come to experience reality as separated beings. It encapsulates a world view no longer acceptable by the masses but for the poet it remains the fabric … Continue reading
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Tagged lyrical, Myth of Er, Neoplatonism, Plato, platonic thought, platonism, Plotinus, Poem, Reincarnation
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The Roots of Platonic Thought
Providing a little background to better understand our western roots in Platonism [Spirituality] and our soul’s longing to know its true self through the ground of being. THE PASSION OF THE WESTERN MIND (Understanding the ideas that have shaped our … Continue reading
Plotinus – God is the Goal
Click on the video above to watch a short adaptation of Return to the One: Plotinus’s Guide to God Realization. – A modern day commentary on the Enneads of Plotinus. JY
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Tagged Brian Hines, Enneads, God is the Goal, Government, Kingdom of God, Neoplatonism, platonic thought, platonism, Plotinus, Return to the One
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Platonic Reflections – On our emergence into Life
My stillness in depth of infinite mind, That which allows for the all to align. Through the fire of imagination, transposed manifestation, we, no longer three, but I. Temperance and her kind my golden mean, Justice as scales to keep … Continue reading
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Tagged John Dillon, Joshua Sellers, Mission, Neo-platonism, Neoplatonism, Platonic Poetry, platonism, Plotinus, Poem, Poetry, Purpose of soul, Trinity College
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Philosopher Muse 