EntityQ12370437· pop 37· linked from 206 articlesmonadSign in to savephilosophical conceptArticleThe circled dot was used by the Pythagoreans and later Greeks to represent the first metaphysical being, the Monad or the Absolute.AttributesRead full article (70 paragraphs)Connectionsancient Greek philosophyEntityDiogenes LaërtiusEntityCategories1 (number)Concepts in ancient Greek metaphysicsConcepts in metaphysicsDivinityHermes TrismegistusMonad (philosophy)NeoplatonismOntologyPythagorean philosophyTheories in ancient Greek philosophy