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Monad (Gnosticism)

 

Monad (Gnosticism)

Within certain variations of Gnosticism, especially those inspired by Monoimus, the Monad was the highest God which created lesser gods, or elements (similar to aeons). This view was according to Hippolytus inspired by the Pythagoreans, who called the first thing that came into existence the Monad, which begat the dyad, which begat the numbers, which begat the point, begatting lines, etc.

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