Neoplatonist
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Antiquity boasted two Neoplatonist philosophers by the name Ammonius.
From Slate ● Feb. 10, 2012
The claim that Copernicus was influenced by neo-Platonism has been contested: Rosen, ‘Was Copernicus a Neoplatonist?’
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
In the very remarkable dialogue, Hypatie et Cyrille, Leconte de Lisle defines, with the voice of the Neoplatonist, his own conception of religious truth.
From Aspects and Impressions by Edmund Gosse
But Ammonius is not a very uncommon name, and we have no reason to suppose that the Neoplatonist Ammonius busied himself with the literary criticism of Homer and Plato.
From On the Sublime by H. L. (Herbert Lord) Havell
This examination is, in two respects, in striking contrast to that of certain other Neoplatonist writers.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" by Various
One of the most important of the Italian Neoplatonists was Marsilio Ficino, who translated all of Plato’s works from ancient Greek to Latin and synthesized Platonic thought with the teachings of Christianity.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
Although the Neoplatonists did not value Aristotle’s empiricism, they did not completely cast his ideas aside.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
Instead, they turned to the ancients like Aristotle and the Neoplatonists.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
The Neoplatonists, however, were occupied with analysis of the Beautiful, on which both Proclus and Plotinus expatiated; still more purely literary were some of the treatises of Porphyry.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" by Various
He was a thorough Aristotelian, but by preference appears to have been drawn towards the mystical writings of the Neoplatonists and the pseudo-Dionysius.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" by Various
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