Relational Power of the Logos in Neoplatonism
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Gary Hampson:
"As indicated above, distinction between traditional and radical Neoplatonic approaches could be envisaged, one differentiating between
- a “traditional” interest in a via negativa (“traditional” Christian) framing (The One as better than The Many, Original Sin, humanity as fallen, the concept of temptation, etc.) and
- a via positiva (Hermetic / Renaissance / panentheistic / nondual) framing (The One and The Many as both good, Original Blessing, humanity as in participatory dialogue with the Divine, notions regarding freedom and adventurings of the soul, etc.).
A dialectic between the two can be seen in the notion that multiplicity leads to both to “the beginning of strife, yet also the possibility of logos, the relation of one thing to another” (Gare, 2005, p. 68). As Gangadean indicates, it is this “relational power of Logos that opens the space-time in which the world, reality, and existence may proceed. It is this infinite relational power of Logos that makes discourse possible” (Gangadean, 2008, p. 132)."