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Neoplatonism

Neoplatonism

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A set of ideas that says all things come from one higher reality that cannot be known
  • noun
  • /ˌniːoʊˈpleɪtəˌnɪzəm/
  • Specialized
: neoplatonismo
  • During the Renaissance, many thinkers were influenced by Neoplatonism as they explored the relationship between the material and the spiritual.
  • Neoplatonism and love

And Vedanta is and it's, it's, it's very similar to in the West Neoplatonism.

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Examples

  • Max Seckler has traced elements of the scholastic concept of teleology back to the tradition of Neoplatonism and proposed that Thomas and other scholastics broaden the notion of teleology so that it becomes almost a cosmic law, drawing all creation back to God.

    Academic text (1993)

  • Even if you only think about the Islamic world, you have the influence of Neoplatonism going all the way from the westernmost part of Europe to Central Asia, almost in India.

  • They, they did in fact engage with a lot of the middle and, and, and Neoplatonism of the time, which itself was incredibly eclectic.

    Gregory B. Sadler - That Philosophy Guy

  • The finest woman poet of Marvell's day, Katherine Philips, wrote of friendship and Neoplatonism rather than love and amorous fulfillment.

    Academic text (1998)

  • The convergence of Christian and pagan elements in the doctrines of Neoplatonism forms a matrix from which it is impossible to extricate any single, privileged element.

    Academic text (1997)

  • Among them were Neoplatonism, Gnosticism, and ancient forms of astrology, as well as, by medieval times, the Kabbalah, especially in its Christianized form, and alchemy and Paracelsianism.

    Academic text (2010)

  • In the Stanza della Segnatura in the Vatican, Raphael's School of Athens (1509-12) has long been admired as a monument to Italian Neoplatonism.

    Academic text (1995)

  • The philosophy of Neoplatonism emphasizes a transcendent reality that is the source of all existence.

  • In her writings, she often referenced Neoplatonism to explain the connection between beauty and the divine.

Surface Forms

Neoplatonism singular
Neoplatonisms plural

Morphology

Neoplatonism = Platonism (semi-transparent) = neo + Plato + ism

The word is transparently built from 'neo-' plus 'Platonism', but it is a specialized historical label rather than an everyday compositional noun.

Etymology

Neoplatonism comes from the Greek prefix neo- meaning 'new' and Plato, the famous philosopher. It means a 'new' form of Plato's ideas — a later school that mixes other spiritual thoughts and teaches that a single, higher source lies beyond the material world.