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
Plotinus, the Neoplatonist, said: “God is not the principal of beings, but the principle of principles.”
From The New Avatar and The Destiny of the Soul The Findings of Natural Science Reduced to Practical Studies in Psychology by J. D. (Jirah Dewey) Buck
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
And thus it gradually comes out in all Neoplatonist writings which I have yet examined, that the Divine only exists in a man, in proportion as he is conscious of its existence in him.
From Alexandria and Her Schools; four lectures delivered at the Philosophical Institution, Edinburgh by Charles Kingsley
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
Few of the poets can have distinguished the original fountain of Plato from the canalized supply of the Italian Neoplatonists.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" by Various
Therefore the old Oriental religions are of special value to the Neoplatonists.
From History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7) by Neil Buchanan
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