a system of philosophical and theological doctrines composed of elements of Platonism and Aristotelianism and oriental mysticism; its most distinctive doctrine holds that the first principle and source of reality transcends being and thought and is naturally unknowable
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neoplatonism::noun | Spocien Dictionary
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| Type of | philosophical doctrine, philosophical theory, theological doctrine |
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Some works of neoplatonism were attributed to Plato or Aristotle.
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Cassiodorus connected deeply with Christian neoplatonism, which saw beauty as concomitant with the Good.
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His neoplatonism is derived from the Hispanic Jewish community, especially the works of Ibn Gabirol.
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Neoplatonism had a considerable effect on certain Christian thinkers at the beginning of the 3rd century.
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Of the later Greek and Roman writers Plotinus, the intiator of neoplatonism, is particularly significant.
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Neoplatonism should not, IMO, be combined with older Greek philosophy, since it followed Philo and early Christianity.
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By the way, I noticed I misunderstood your work concerning logos in neoplatonism at your talk page as well, sorry.
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Neoplatonism is generally a religious philosophy.
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The perennial tradition of neoplatonism, ed.
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- A system of philosophical and theological doctrines composed of elements of Platonism and Aristotelianism and oriental mysticism; its most distinctive doctrine holds that the first principle and source of reality transcends being and thought and is naturally unknowable; "Neoplatonism was ...
- (neoplatonist) an adherent of Neoplatonism
- (Neoplatonic) This theory is one of the more intellectualising. The "ennobling effects of love" in specific have been identified as Neoplatonic. ...
- (Neoplatonists) A school of philosophy which arose between the second and third century of our era, and was founded by Ammonius Saccas, of Alexandria. The same as the Philalethians, and the Analogeticists; they were also called Theurgists and by various other names. ...
- A failed Alexandrian system of philosophy of the third century, coalescing God-ordained Jewish and Christian theology with doctrines of Plato and other Greek philosophers and Oriental mysticism
- Philosophical system developed by Plotinus and others. Nominally derived from Plato's metaphysics, neoplatonic philosophy regards the natural world as a series of emanations from the nature of god. ...
- A school of philosophy that flourished from the second to the fifth centuries A.D. It was founded by Plotinus and was influential for the next thousand years.
- A philosophical school developed by Plotinus and others from the 3rd century CE which postulates the existence of a single spiritual source of all things (the One) with which the individual soul may be united in mystical experience.
- School of thought emanating from the works of Plato and Aristotle in early B.C.E. Rome.
