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Theodoros was also, according to both Iamblichus and Proclus, concerned with numerology – relating the numbers of letters in words to their hidden meanings. He apparently believed these hidden clues offered insights into his theology of the cosmos (metaphysics), something that both Iamblichus and
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Theodorus believed there was a First Cause, from which emanated a triad that was ‘The One’ This ‘One' therefore acted as a Trinity, or Three-in One (similar to that of Brahma-Vishnu-Siva and of the Christian Trinity). Each member of the triad was equivalent to one of the three sounds in
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and Brahma as breath, it represented life, creation, the universe in its entirety, and thus the transcendent One, the All. Furthermore, as Gersch points out in reference to Proclus, but in a way that is also relevant to Theodorus' use of
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Procluos criticised, in part because it suggested a causal relationship that sprung from number upwards towards the divine.
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philosopher, and a native of one of the towns which bore the name of Asine, probably
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The philosophers of the ancient world: an A to Z guide
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Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology
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