A philosophical and theological interpretation of the world that considers the world (many) to be an outgrowth of the original one (one). Typical examples of the theory of emanation are found in the Neoplatonist and Plotinus' theory of gradual emanation. From the first or good, reason emanates as the next best thing (an imitation of the first), and then from this self emanates the idea, or the many as the object of thought, transcendental reason, whose essential function is thought, and the sensible world, or nature. The basic premise is that nothing comes from nothing, and there is an essential difference between this and the God of Christianity, who preaches creation from nothing. The theory of emanation was advocated by the Neoplatonists, the Gnostics, Indian philosophy (Vedanta), and others, but it also had a considerable influence on Islamic and Christian philosophy. Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica Concise Encyclopedia About Encyclopaedia Britannica Concise Encyclopedia Information |
世界 (多) を根源的一者 (一) からの流出と考える哲学的,神学的世界解釈。流出説の典型は新プラトン派やプロチノスの段階的流出説に見出される。第一者あるいは善から,この第一者に次ぐよきもの (第一者の模像) としての理性が流出し,次いでこの自己の内にイデアすなわち思惟対象としての多を有し思惟を本質的機能とする超越的理性と感覚的世界,すなわち自然の仲介者として働く世界霊魂が流出すると考える。無からは何も生じないという基本的前提をもち,無からの創造を説くキリスト教の神との間には本質的相違がある。流出説は,新プラトン派のほか,グノーシス派,インド哲学 (ベーダーンタ派) などによって唱えられたが,イスラム哲学やキリスト教哲学などにも少なからぬ影響を及ぼした。
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