Plotinus and Neoplatonic emanationism hold that the One necessarily overflows into being precisely because it lacks nothing, making necessity compatible with absolute self-sufficiency.
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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.
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
self-sufficiency(as a key value in the philosophical discussion)
The ability to take care of yourself and meet your own needs without depending on others.