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  1. plato.stanford.edu

    The term "Neoplatonism" refers to a philosophical school of thought that first emerged and flourished in the Greco-Roman world of late antiquity, roughly from the time of the Roman Imperial Crisis to the Arab conquest, i.e., the middle of the 3 rd to the middle of the 7 th century. In consequence of the demise of ancient materialist or corporealist thought such as Epicureanism and Stoicism ...
  2. Jan 31, 2025Neoplatonism, the last school of Greek philosophy, given its definitive shape in the 3rd century ce by the one great philosophical and religious genius of the school, Plotinus. The ancient philosophers who are generally classified as Neoplatonists called themselves simple "Platonists," as did the
    Author:The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
  3. Dec 23, 2024Platonism - Neoplatonism, Philosophy, Mysticism: Neoplatonism is the modern name given to the form of Platonism developed by Plotinus in the 3rd century ce and modified by his successors. It came to dominate the Greek philosophical schools and remained predominant until the teaching of philosophy by pagans ended in the second half of the 6th century ce. It represents the final form of pagan ...
  4. worldhistoryedu.com

    Jan 31, 2025Neoplatonism is a profound philosophical movement that emerged in the 3rd century AD, flourishing against the vibrant backdrop of Hellenistic philosophy and diverse religious traditions. Unlike a singular set of doctrines, Neoplatonism is best understood as a lineage of thinkers unified by their reinterpretation of Plato 's ideas, with a ...
  5. Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy

    https://iep.utm.edu › neoplato

    Neo-Platonism. Neo-platonism (or Neoplatonism) is a modern term used to designate the period of Platonic philosophy beginning with the work of Plotinus and ending with the closing of the Platonic Academy by the Emperor Justinian in 529 C.E. This brand of Platonism, which is often described as 'mystical' or religious in nature, developed outside the mainstream of Academic Platonism.
  6. link.springer.com

    The division of Ancient Platonism into Middle Platonism and Neoplatonism is a fairly new one. The conceptual foundation of this division was cemented in Jacob Brucker's pioneering Historia critica philosophiae (1742-1767). In the 1770s and 1780s, the term 'Neoplatonism' was coined on the basis of Brucker's analysis.
  7. jamesbishopblog.com

    Bishop's Encyclopedia of Religion, Society and Philosophy

    https://jamesbishopblog.com › 2020 › 07 › 26 › plotinus-and-neoplatonism

    Plotinus (d. 270 CE) was born in Egypt around 204 CE and is generally regarded as the founder of Neoplatonism. He would have viewed himself as a Platonist ("Neoplatonism" is a category applied by later scholars to refer to a specific philosophical tradition beginning with Plotinus and ending in 529 CE) and thus a defender of the philosophical views of Plato.
  8. academic.oup.com

    Abstract. Despite Platonism's unquestioned claim to being one of the most influential movements in the history of philosophy, for a long time the conventional wisdom was that Platonists of late antiquity—or Neoplatonists—were so focused on other-worldly metaphysics that they simply neglected any serious study of the sensible world, which after all is 'merely' an image of the ...
  9. sydneyunitarians.org

    "Neoplatonism" is actually a modern term which has been used to designate a tradition of philosophy that arose primarily in the third-century AD, and which persisted until shortly after the closing of the Platonic Academy in Athens in 529 AD by the-then Byzantine Roman emperor Justinian I. Neoplatonists were heavily
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