the One
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Neoplatonic metaphysical principle
absolute unity
first principle
source of reality
transcendent cause
ultimate principle
The One is a central metaphysical principle in Neoplatonic philosophy, conceived as the ultimate, ineffable source of all reality beyond being and thought.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| the One canonical | 5 |
| One | 1 |
| The One | 1 |
| the One is beyond being and intellect | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T569293 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: the One Context triple: [the Absolute, relatedConcept, the One]
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A.
One
"One" is a critically acclaimed rock ballad by Irish band U2, known for its emotional depth and central role on their 1991 album "Achtung Baby."
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B.
the Other
The Other is a mysterious, near-mythical figure in Doctor Who lore, often portrayed as one of the founding Time Lords whose essence is linked to the Doctor’s own origins.
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C.
ONE Order
ONE Order is an IATA initiative that modernizes airline retailing and order management by replacing traditional PNR, ticket, and EMD records with a single, customer-centric order.
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D.
the Beast
The Beast is a symbolic, apocalyptic figure in the New Testament’s Book of Revelation, often interpreted as representing oppressive worldly powers or ultimate evil opposing God.
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E.
Mwanza
Mwanza is a major port city in northwestern Tanzania, situated on the southern shores of Lake Victoria and serving as a key commercial and transport hub for the region.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: the One Target entity description: The One is a central metaphysical principle in Neoplatonic philosophy, conceived as the ultimate, ineffable source of all reality beyond being and thought.
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A.
One
"One" is a critically acclaimed rock ballad by Irish band U2, known for its emotional depth and central role on their 1991 album "Achtung Baby."
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B.
the Other
The Other is a mysterious, near-mythical figure in Doctor Who lore, often portrayed as one of the founding Time Lords whose essence is linked to the Doctor’s own origins.
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C.
ONE Order
ONE Order is an IATA initiative that modernizes airline retailing and order management by replacing traditional PNR, ticket, and EMD records with a single, customer-centric order.
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D.
the Beast
The Beast is a symbolic, apocalyptic figure in the New Testament’s Book of Revelation, often interpreted as representing oppressive worldly powers or ultimate evil opposing God.
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E.
Mwanza
Mwanza is a major port city in northwestern Tanzania, situated on the southern shores of Lake Victoria and serving as a key commercial and transport hub for the region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Neoplatonic metaphysical principle
ⓘ
absolute unity ⓘ first principle ⓘ source of reality ⓘ transcendent cause ⓘ ultimate principle ⓘ |
| beyond |
being
ⓘ
essence ⓘ intellect ⓘ knowledge ⓘ thought ⓘ |
| centralIn |
Neoplatonism
ⓘ
Plotinian metaphysics ⓘ |
| characterizedAs |
absolutely transcendent
ⓘ
beyond multiplicity ⓘ beyond qualification ⓘ indivisible ⓘ ineffable ⓘ simple ⓘ |
| contrastedWith |
Intellect (Nous)
ⓘ
Soul ⓘ sensible world ⓘ |
| discussedBy |
Iamblichus of Chalcis
ⓘ
surface form:
Iamblichus
Porphyry ⓘ Proclus ⓘ |
| emanationOf |
Divine Mind
ⓘ
Intellect (Nous) ⓘ World Soul ⓘ cosmos ⓘ |
| formulatedBy | Plotinus ⓘ |
| identifiedWith |
Good in itself
ⓘ
absolute Good ⓘ |
| influenced |
Neoplatonism
ⓘ
surface form:
Christian Neoplatonism
German idealism ⓘ
surface form:
German Idealism
Islamic philosophy ⓘ Jewish philosophy ⓘ Renaissance Platonism ⓘ mystical theology ⓘ negative theology ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Plato
ⓘ
the Good (Form of the Good) ⓘ
surface form:
Plato's Form of the Good
|
| knownBy |
apophatic approach
ⓘ
ecstatic experience ⓘ mystical union ⓘ |
| modeOfCausality |
emanative cause
ⓘ
non-discursive cause ⓘ overflowing abundance ⓘ |
| notIdenticalWith |
any determinate being
ⓘ
cosmos ⓘ personal God ⓘ |
| relationToReality |
ground of intelligibility
ⓘ
principle of all things ⓘ source of all reality ⓘ ultimate cause of being ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: the One Description of subject: The One is a central metaphysical principle in Neoplatonic philosophy, conceived as the ultimate, ineffable source of all reality beyond being and thought.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The One
this entity surface form:
the One is beyond being and intellect
this entity surface form:
One