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Neoplatonism

Neˊo-pla′to-nism

,
Noun.
[
Neo-
+
Platonism
.]
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.

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Neoplatonism

Neoplatonism

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Neoplatonism

  1. a school of philosophy based on the teachings of Plato and, subsequently, Plotinus; it was the foundation for paganism

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