arche
(αρχη)
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beginning, starting point, authority, government, heart, principle |
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beginning, starting point, authority, government, heart, principle; archai are understood as the first principles by Neoplatonists; the term archetupos, an archetype, is used already by Plotinus in a sense of the divine paradigm or the noetic model of the manifested entity. |
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The Golden Chain: An Anthology of Platonic and Pythagorean Philosophy, by Dr. Algis Uždavinys |
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