Philosophy dictionary

EMANATIONISM

emanationism: translation

The attempt made by Plotinus, and foreshadowed in Plato, to understand creation as an overflow, radiating out from the supreme principle or God, somewhat as light emanates from a light source without in any way diminishing it. In Neoplatonism the doctrine is associated with pantheism.

  1. emanationism—Emanationism translation Emanationism The doctrine that emanation Lat. emanare to flow from is the mode by which all things are derived from the First Reality or Princip...Catholic encyclopedia