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Neoplatonism

Also known as Neoplatonist

Neoplatonism is the name modern scholars give to the late form of Platonic philosophy founded by Plotinus in the third century CE. It taught that all things emanate from a single first principle, the One, and that the soul can return to it through philosophy and contemplation. Developed by Porphyry, Iamblichus and Proclus, it deeply influenced Christian, Jewish and Islamic thought and the Renaissance.

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Neoplatonism. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/neoplatonism
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