Plotinism
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
- Plotinist noun
Etymology
Origin of Plotinism
Example Sentences
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From the confounding of Plotinism with Platonism, the Latitudinarian divines fell into the mistake of finding in the Greek philosophy many anticipations of the Christian Faith, which in fact were but its echoes.
From Project Gutenberg
But Mr. Oxlee takes it as he finds it, and gravely ascribes this patch-work of corrupt Platonism or Plotinism, with Chaldean, Persian, and Judaic fables and fancies, to the Jewish Doctors, as an original, profound, and pious philosophy in its fountain-head!
From Project Gutenberg
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