Neo-Platonism

British  

/ ˌniːəʊˈpleɪtəˌnɪzəm /

noun

1. a philosophical system which was first developed in the 3rd century _ad as a synthesis of Platonic, Pythagorean, and Aristotelian elements, and which, although originally opposed to Christianity, later incorporated it. It dominated European thought until the 13th century and re-emerged during the Renaissance

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Other Word Forms

• Neo-Platonist
  noun
• Neo-Platonic
  adjective

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Example Sentences

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Neo-Platonism

In the afternoon, Friend Brinton was consulted by a Chinese student about his studies in Neo-Platonism.

From Time Magazine Archive

His confusion of Platonism with Neo-Platonism is especially annoying.

From John Dewey's logical theory by Delton Thomas Howard

Into the Neo-Platonism of the Renaissance Cosimo threw himself heart and soul.

From The Story of Florence by Edmund G. Gardner

The essential character of Neo-Platonism comes out in its theory of the mystical exaltation of the subject to God.

From A Critical History of Greek Philosophy by W. T. (Walter Terence) Stace

From such elevated ideas, considering the mystical manner in which they were treated, there was no other prospect for philosophy than to end as Neo-Platonism did under Damasius.

From History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition by John William Draper

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