Hebdomad
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Hebdomad may refer to:
- On Hebdomads, a work of the Hippocratic CorpusHippocratic CorpusThe Hippocratic Corpus , or Hippocratic Collection, is a collection of around 60 early Ancient Greek medical works strongly associated with the physician Hippocrates and his teachings...
- hebdomad, a term used by Neoplatonist philosophers such as Iamblichus and ProclusProclusProclus Lycaeus , called "The Successor" or "Diadochos" , was a Greek Neoplatonist philosopher, one of the last major Classical philosophers . He set forth one of the most elaborate and fully developed systems of Neoplatonism...
in reference to the intellect - The Hebdomad, the seven world-creating archons in most Gnostic systems: see Archon#Hebdomad
- On Hebdomads (De hebdomadibus), a work of the Platonist Boethius commented upon by Thomas AquinasThomas AquinasThomas Aquinas, O.P. , also Thomas of Aquin or Aquino, was an Italian Dominican priest of the Catholic Church, and an immensely influential philosopher and theologian in the tradition of scholasticism, known as Doctor Angelicus, Doctor Communis, or Doctor Universalis...
, in which the hebdomads are common mental conceptions or axioms - The Celestial Hebdomad, the archonsArchon (Dungeons & Dragons)In the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, archons are a type of creature from the Dungeons & Dragons role playing game. In 1st and 2nd edition, they are powerful lawful good creatures from the upper planes, and in 3rd edition they are celestials. These creatures are sent by higher powers...
who make up the ruling council of Mount CelestiaMount CelestiaIn Dungeons & Dragons, the fantasy role-playing game, Mount Celestia or more fully, the Seven Mounting Heavens of Celestia, or even the Seven Heavens is a lawful good-aligned plane of existence...
in Dungeons & Dragons