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Definition of Neoplatonism
1. Noun. A system of philosophical and theological doctrines composed of elements of Platonism and Aristotelianism and oriental mysticism; its most distinctive doctrine holds that the first principle and source of reality transcends being and thought and is naturally unknowable. "Neoplatonism was a major influence on early Christian writers and on later medieval and Renaissance thought and on Islamic philosophy"
Definition of Neoplatonism
1. n. A pantheistic eclectic school of philosophy, of which Plotinus was the chief (A. D. 205-270), and which sought to reconcile the Platonic and Aristotelian systems with Oriental theosophy. It tended to mysticism and theurgy, and was the last product of Greek philosophy.
Definition of Neoplatonism
1. Proper noun. a school of philosophy based on the teachings of Plato and, subsequently, Plotinus; it was the foundation for paganism ¹
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