taxis
(ταχις)
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order, series |
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order, series; any level of reality, constituted by seira in which the distinctive property of a particular god or henad is sucessively mirrored; the chain of being proceeds from simplicity to complexity and subsequently from complexity to simplicity; the hierarchy of taxeis establish the planes of being or world-orders ( diakosmoi). |
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The Golden Chain: An Anthology of Platonic and Pythagorean Philosophy, by Dr. Algis Uždavinys |
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