Neoplatonism
Sign in to saveNeoplatonism, also called late platonism, is a version of Platonic philosophy that emerged in the 3rd century AD against the background of Hellenistic philosophy and religion. The term does not encapsulate a set of distinct ideas based on a form of Platonism as much as a series of Platonic thinkers coming primarily from a certain ancient historical period. Among the common ideas it maintains is monism, the doctrine that all of reality can be derived from a single principle, "the One".
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Neoplatonism is a form of ancient Greek philosophy that developed in the 3rd century AD, built on the ideas of Plato but adapted to new historical circumstances and religious thinking of that era. It's important because it represents a major school of thought whose thinkers shared core beliefs, especially the idea that all of reality ultimately comes from a single unified source called "the One."
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- Origins of the term
- Origins and history of classical Neoplatonism
- Hellenism
- Ammonius Saccas
- Plotinus
- Porphyry
- Iamblichus
- Academies
- Hypatia
- Proclus
- The One<!--linked from 'Plotinus'-->
- Emanations
- Demiurge or ''nous''
- World-soul
- Phenomenal world
- Celestial hierarchy
- Evil
- Return to the One
- Influence
- Early Christianity
- Augustine
- Origen and Pseudo-Dionysius
- Gnosticism
- Byzantine education
- Islamic Neoplatonism
- Jewish thought
- Medieval Christian Thought
- Western Renaissance
- Cambridge Platonists (17th century)
- Modern Neoplatonism
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Neoplatonism, also called late platonism, is a version of Platonic philosophy that emerged in the 3rd century AD against the background of Hellenistic philosophy and religion. The term does not encapsulate a set of distinct ideas based on a form of Platonism as much as a series of Platonic thinkers coming primarily from a certain ancient historical period. Among the common ideas it maintains is monism, the doctrine that all of reality can be derived from a single principle, "the One".
Neoplatonism began with Ammonius Saccas and his student Plotinus ( – 271) and stretched to the sixth century. After Plotinus there were three distinct periods in the history of Neoplatonism: the work of his student Porphyry (third to early fourth century); that of Iamblichus (third to fourth century); and the period in the fifth and sixth centuries, when the academies in Alexandria and Athens flourished.