Select Works, Section 554

The supreme God's radical concealment beyond ordinary knowledge or perception; the Hidden Father.

The assertion that Unity cannot be predicated of anything suggests its concealment beyond ordinary conceptual knowledge.

A chain of divine beings or principles flowing downward from a single transcendent source (the One or the Father), each level less perfect than the one above.

Mentions of Soul and Intellect alongside Unity imply the hierarchical structure of divine principles in Plotinus's system.

The dissolution of binary oppositions (male/female, inner/outer, above/below) as a mark of spiritual completion.

The passage states that every differentia introduces a duality which destroys the nature of Unity.

The doctrine that all existence is ultimately one substance or one divine reality; non-duality as a theological claim.

The author analyzes the inseparable yet distinct ontological relationship between Unity and Being.

Describing the divine only by negation—God transcends all positive categories and concepts; the via negativa.

[auto] The author defines the nature of Unity by negation, stating it cannot be predicated of anything or serve as a genus.

The doctrine that God has no parts, divisions, or composite attributes; pure undivided being.

[auto] The text explicitly argues that Unity contains no differences and cannot be divided, highlighting its absolute simplicity.

The absolutely simple, undivided first principle from which all multiplicity and existence flows.

[auto] The passage examines Unity as an indivisible first principle that cannot be divided into species without losing its nature.

Using apparent contradiction, reversal, or riddle to destabilise ordinary understanding and induce insight.

[auto] The passage utilizes the paradoxical claim that Unity aspiring to be a genus becomes a plurality and annuls itself.