Neoplatonism

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• Neoplatonism — Ne o*pla to*nism, n. [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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English



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• Neoplatonism —    Philosophical system (or group of systems) derived from the ancient Athenian philosopher Plato (428 348 B.C.); it is called Neoplatonism rather than Platonism because it tends to vary consider ably from the actual teachings of Plato and his… …   Historical Dictionary of Renaissance

• Neoplatonism — The fusion of Plato s philosophy with religious, Pythagorean, and other classical doctrines, originated by Plotinus in his Enneads . Plotinus conceived of the universe as an emanation or effulguration of the One, the omnipresent, transcendental… …   Philosophy dictionary

• Neoplatonism — noun Date: 1845 1. Platonism modified in later antiquity to accord with Aristotelian, post Aristotelian, and eastern conceptions that conceives of the world as an emanation from an ultimate indivisible being with whom the soul is capable of being …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Neoplatonism — Neoplatonic /nee oh pleuh ton ik/, adj. Neoplatonist, n. /nee oh playt n iz euhm/, n. (sometimes l.c.) a philosophical system, originated in the 3rd century A.D. by Plotinus, founded chiefly on Platonic doctrine and Oriental mysticism, with later …   Universalium

• Neoplatonism — 1) Философия: неоплатонизм 2) Религия: (The last school of Greek philosophy, given its definitive shape in the 3rd century AD by the one great philosophical and religious genius of the school, Plotinus) неоплатонизм …   Универсальный англо-русский словарь



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• neoplatonism neoplatonism — Neo Platonism, Neoplatonism 1> филос. неоплатонизм …   Новый большой англо-русский словарь