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Respond to each post in your own words critically engaging the
writer in 125 words.
1. When the commentator, E. O'Brien, warned us the readers
about Plotinus, he was so right to do so. I found Plotinus to be
difficult to wrap my mind around (maybe my Intelligence was
not contemplating the One while I was reading!) and his
hypostases were understanding for me until I was faced with the
duality of the Soul - the World's Soul and the
individual soul. Plotinus holds that The One is supremely
perfect and that everybody is looking up. Here I see the
influence of Plato and the striving for the Good. This part of
Plotinus resonates with my faith - that ever present need to do
good, to do better. I also hear the voice of Yahweh in
Plotinus saying that "ignorance of origin is caused by excessive
valuation of sense objects and disdain of self" for here we
envision the worship of idols and how it causes us to fall away
from The One.
Augustine is closer to my understanding of the Trinity as a
Christian because he presents it as a foundation for our faith.
Augustine's use of taking what Plotinus had mapped out as a
triad and transforming it into 4th century dogma is easier for us
to comprehend because it resonates with our beliefs and
theology. Augustine is a great example of how his
understanding of what the ancient philosophers had seen as the
reason for the universe gave concreteness to Augustine's
Trinitarian thought. His ability to distinguish the singleness of
the substance and also the distinctiveness of the persons is what
my is the foundation for my core beliefs.
2.
Plotinus begins with Plato’s intelligibles and subdivides this
realm into The One, the Intelligence, and the World Soul,
wherein The One is absolutely transcendental, the Intelligence
(or
nous
) is analogous to Plato’s realm of ideas and true being, and the
World Soul, mediator between
being
and
becoming
. The One, the supreme and perfect being, emanates the
Intelligence, which remains unchanged, but the Soul, emanating
from the Intelligence, is a mutable emanation. The logic that
Plotinus uses to explain the multiplicity of the soul and the
distinction of souls from one another is a rationale Augustine
uses to explain the triune God; as the distinct souls are all only
one soul, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit are distinct
but of one substance.
Plotinus’s philosophy of trinity is not without issues. In a
later writing Plotinus questions whether God
must
exist or if God
chooses
to exist; in a theology where one fundamental principle is that
God is eternal, the question of God being or not being, whether
by choice or necessity, seems moot.
In Augustine’s view of God’s image, the Mind represents the
Father; Knowledge represents the Son; and the Holy Spirit is
represented by Love. Knowledge emanates from the Mind, and
Love from Knowledge. The Son is begotten from the Father, and
the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father and the Son as Love.
Thus, the views of Plotinus and Augustine are not incompatible.
3. What did you like about Plotinus understanding of the
trinity? What's your view of Augustine's psychological model
of the Trinity?

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  • 1. Respond to each post in your own words critically engaging the writer in 125 words. 1. When the commentator, E. O'Brien, warned us the readers about Plotinus, he was so right to do so. I found Plotinus to be difficult to wrap my mind around (maybe my Intelligence was not contemplating the One while I was reading!) and his hypostases were understanding for me until I was faced with the duality of the Soul - the World's Soul and the individual soul. Plotinus holds that The One is supremely perfect and that everybody is looking up. Here I see the influence of Plato and the striving for the Good. This part of Plotinus resonates with my faith - that ever present need to do good, to do better. I also hear the voice of Yahweh in Plotinus saying that "ignorance of origin is caused by excessive valuation of sense objects and disdain of self" for here we envision the worship of idols and how it causes us to fall away from The One. Augustine is closer to my understanding of the Trinity as a Christian because he presents it as a foundation for our faith. Augustine's use of taking what Plotinus had mapped out as a triad and transforming it into 4th century dogma is easier for us to comprehend because it resonates with our beliefs and theology. Augustine is a great example of how his understanding of what the ancient philosophers had seen as the reason for the universe gave concreteness to Augustine's Trinitarian thought. His ability to distinguish the singleness of the substance and also the distinctiveness of the persons is what my is the foundation for my core beliefs.
  • 2. 2. Plotinus begins with Plato’s intelligibles and subdivides this realm into The One, the Intelligence, and the World Soul, wherein The One is absolutely transcendental, the Intelligence (or nous ) is analogous to Plato’s realm of ideas and true being, and the World Soul, mediator between being and becoming . The One, the supreme and perfect being, emanates the Intelligence, which remains unchanged, but the Soul, emanating from the Intelligence, is a mutable emanation. The logic that Plotinus uses to explain the multiplicity of the soul and the distinction of souls from one another is a rationale Augustine uses to explain the triune God; as the distinct souls are all only one soul, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit are distinct but of one substance. Plotinus’s philosophy of trinity is not without issues. In a later writing Plotinus questions whether God must exist or if God chooses to exist; in a theology where one fundamental principle is that God is eternal, the question of God being or not being, whether by choice or necessity, seems moot. In Augustine’s view of God’s image, the Mind represents the Father; Knowledge represents the Son; and the Holy Spirit is represented by Love. Knowledge emanates from the Mind, and Love from Knowledge. The Son is begotten from the Father, and the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father and the Son as Love. Thus, the views of Plotinus and Augustine are not incompatible.
  • 3. 3. What did you like about Plotinus understanding of the trinity? What's your view of Augustine's psychological model of the Trinity?