Neoplatonic
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As with Plotinus, the Hellenistic founder of Neoplatonic philosophy, Viola’s installation proposes memory as a perceptual function that allows a human soul to acknowledge its own existence.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 13, 2024
He thought that the Neoplatonic interpretation of Aristotle had distorted the original meaning of Aristotle’s work and sought a return to Aristotle’s original works in his commentaries.
From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022
As Peter Croft's illuminating Introduction makes clear, courtly love was still a potent influence on the Elizabethan poets, and Neoplatonic idealism informs much of Sidney's work.
From The Guardian • May 20, 2013
In the 12th century the windows were bright, because of Neoplatonic philosophy.
From Time Magazine Archive
The last scientist who worked in the Library was a mathematician, astronomer, physicist and the head of the Neoplatonic school of philosophy—an extraordinary range of accomplishments for any individual in any age.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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