arche (αρχη)

(Language: Greek)

Short Description: beginning, starting point, authority, government, heart, principle

Long Description: beginning, starting point, authority, government, heart, principle; archai are understood as the first principles by Neoplatonists; the term archetupos, an archetype, is used already by Plotinus in a sense of the divine paradigm or the noetic model of the manifested entity.

Sources: The Golden Chain: An Anthology of Platonic and Pythagorean Philosophy, by Dr. Algis Uždavinys