ABSTRACT
In spite of their mutual similarity, the Forms are not the same but gradually more and more deficient in their being. Forms are thus divided into two principal groups according to their generality: those that are higher and those that are lower. The first are the legitimate genus of the Olympian gods of the second order. The other group is generated in the same manner, but it is much inferior in its rank and potentiality. These Forms are able to produce only the things that are mortal and that are not everlasting. George Gemisttos Plethon calls this other group the illegitimate genus of Titans, dwelling in Tartarus. In the Laws Plethon compares the generation of the Forms by Zeus to human procreation. In the Laws, unlike in the Magian Oracles, the highest Form, which is the supreme god of the second order of the Olympian gods, is called Poseidon by Plethon.
