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Emanation

Neoplatonic metaphysical concept — developed most fully by Plotinus in the Enneads (3rd century CE) — describing reality as hierarchically flowing outward from the One (the ultimate unity) through Nous (divine intellect) and Soul into matter — the most influential non-creation metaphysics in Western philosophy.

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