In Neoplatonism, the One is the first hypostasis — the absolute, ineffable source from which all being emanates — beyond all predication, thought, and being itself.
Represents the culmination of Greek metaphysics: the highest principle is not a determinate being (Aristotle's unmoved mover) but a pure unity beyond all categories, generating being through effortless emanation rather than creation ex nihilo.
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