Dyad (philosophy)
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The Dyad is a title used by the
Pythagoreans
for the number two, representing the principle of "twoness" or "otherness".
Monad to God, and the name of Dyad to matter.[1][need quotation to verify] Aristotle equated matter as the formation of the elements (energies) into the material world as the static material was formed by the energies being acted upon by force or motion.[citation needed] Later Neoplatonic Philosophers and idealists like Plotinus treated the dyad as a second cause (demiurge),[citation needed] which was the divine mind (nous) that via a reflective nature[clarification needed] (finiteness
) causes matter to "appear" or become perceivable.
See also
- Monad
- Tetrad
References
- ISBN 0-87220-575-4.
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