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单词 henad
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henadn.

Brit. /ˈhɛnad/, U.S. /ˈhɛˌnæd/, /ˈhiˌnæd/
Forms: 1600s henade, 1600s– henad.
Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Greek ἑνάδ-, ἑνάς.
Etymology: < ancient Greek ἑνάδ-, ἑνάς unit < ἕν , neuter corresponding to εἷς (masculine) one ( < the same Indo-European base as same adj.) + -άς -ad suffix1.Compare post-classical Latin henad- , henas (a1536 in Erasmus), French hénade (1704 or earlier). Compare monad n.
Philosophy. Now chiefly historical.
In Neoplatonic thought: any of the indivisible metaphysical entities (‘units’) which serve to mediate between the absolutely transcendent unity of the One, from which the universe emanates, and the multiplicity of things in the universe. Also occasionally: a Platonic form or idea (idea n. 1a). Cf. monad n. 2a.The idea of henads is particularly associated with Proclus ( a.d. ?410–85), who conceived of them as also constituting an order of divine beings.
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the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > one > [noun]
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1677 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. IV ii. vi. §4 386 Proclus and other of the Platonistes intermingle many particular Gods with those three Universal Principes or Hypostases of their Trinitie; as Noes, Minds or Intellects superior to the first Soul; and Henades and Agathotetes, Unities and Goodnesses, superior to the first Intellect too.
1678 R. Cudworth tr. Simplicius in True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 556 One Goodness Many Goodnesses, and one Unity or Henade [Gk. μία ἑνὰς], Many Henades [Gk. πολλὰς ἑνάδας].
1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 626 That..there must be a Single Monad or Henad standing alone by it self.
1792 T. Taylor tr. Proclus Philos. & Math. Comm. (new ed.) II. 267 There must be an order of Henades prior to that of intellects.
1860 Brit. & Foreign Evangelical Rev. Oct. 737 We could not have believed that..a man was to be found..who could seriously undertake to solve theological problems by an appeal to the exploded henads of the realists, or gravely attribute a real substantive existence to genera and species.
1901 Mind 10 409 He omits to point out a centre of the universe representing the supreme henad as it was once represented by our sun.
1955 Philos. Q. 5 292 The dilemma concerning the relation of the henads to the world of ‘becoming’ as presented in the Philebus is very reminiscent of arguments presented in the first part of the Parmenides.
2014 Phronesis 59 54 Each separate character (idiotês) which takes its origin from a henad at the summit of reality runs through the whole, all the way to the bottom.

Derivatives

henadical adj. Obsolete rare of the nature of a henad.
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1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 556 Henadical (or Monadical) Gods.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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