Abstract

The paper is devoted to show the issue of the Difference in Plotinus’ metaphysics in the context of the relation to the One and being. The adaptation of Plato’s theory of the greatest kinds of being to the requirements of the hypostatic system of reality, especially to the articulation of the process of generation of being from the One, raises some questions, especially concerning the character of the Difference as one of prota gene. The problem of the prenoetical status of the kind heterotes is the main question discussed in this article. The Difference is heuristically useful for the explanation of the prenoetical level of being as a necessary condition for a logical description of the process of the constitution of being and activity of the One. In Enneads the description of the constitution of being doubtlessly has a dualistic character. Key words PLOTINUS, RELATION