If simplicity entailed infinity, the Neoplatonic One—maximally simple, beyond all composition—would be straightforwardly infinite, yet Plotinus treats the One's infinity as a distinct, separately argued property.
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Plotinus was an ancient Greek philosopher who lived in Rome during the 3rd century AD and founded a spiritual philosophy called Neoplatonism. He taught that reality consists of different levels, with a perfect, infinite source at the top (called "the One") from which everything else flows downward, and that the goal of life is to reconnect with this divine source through contemplation and inner purification. His ideas deeply influenced later Christianity, Islam, and Judaism, making him one of the most important philosophers in Western and religious thought.
Simplicity(Doctrine of the simple reality)
An attribute of perfection that denies any contingent facet to God
The One(Neoplatonic and Academic metaphysics; Plato's Parmenides first hypothesis)
A first principle characterized by absolute simplicity, incapable of having parts or receiving any positive predication, and ultimately not a being
infinity(the specific concept being discussed regarding how it might exist)
Something without limits, boundaries, or an end; impossibly large or endless in extent.