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    Trinity University houses a digital archive of faculty research publications. This document is from the Philosophy Department and is an excerpt from a 2008 book chapter by Damian Caluori on Plotinus's conception of primary being. The chapter examines Plotinus's view that primary being transcends existence and intelligibility, residing beyond the realm of substance. It explores how for Plotinus, primary being is the ineffable source that generates reality through an overflow of productive power.

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    Trinity University houses a digital archive of faculty research publications. This document is from the Philosophy Department and is an excerpt from a 2008 book chapter by Damian Caluori on Plotinus's conception of primary being. The chapter examines Plotinus's view that primary being transcends existence and intelligibility, residing beyond the realm of substance. It explores how for Plotinus, primary being is the ineffable source that generates reality through an overflow of productive power.

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    Trinity University houses a digital archive of faculty research publications. This document is from the Philosophy Department and is an excerpt from a 2008 book chapter by Damian Caluori on Plotinus's conception of primary being. The chapter examines Plotinus's view that primary being transcends existence and intelligibility, residing beyond the realm of substance. It explores how for Plotinus, primary being is the ineffable source that generates reality through an overflow of productive power.

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    Plotinus on Primary Being


    Damian Caluori
    Trinity University, dcaluori@trinity.edu

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    Caluori, D. (2008). Plotinus on primary being. In H. Gutschmidt, A. Lang-Balestra, G. Sebalerba (Eds.),
    Substantia &emdash; Sic et non: Eine geschichte des substanzbegriffs von der antike bis zur gegenwart
    (pp. 85-103). Ontos Verlag: Frankfurt, Germany.

    This Contribution to Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Philosophy Department at Digital
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