Neoplatonism

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(idea) by Rook (11.2 mon) (print) ? (I like it!) 1 C! Wed Sep 20 2000 at 2:52:51

While Neoplatonism is discussed in somewhat better detail elsewhere, it is misleading to say that this school was the last contribution of the Greek tradition. In fact, it would be very easy to view Boethius's Consolation of Philosophy, with its fervently stoic perspective, as a much later product of Greek philosophy, despite the fact that it was written in Latin by a Roman. Moreover, that most famous of Medieval philosophers, St. Thomas Aquinas, leaned heavily upon Aristotle in his major works, the Summa Theologica and the Summa Contra Gentiles, which in turn led to a kind of renaissance of the Greek perspective.

(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:24:34

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 mysticism and theurgy, and was the last product of Greek philosophy.

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Neo-Platonism	Nothing new about Ancient Greece will be learned until the Vatican is plundered	Kabbalah FAQ III	Solomon ibn Gabirol
The Confessions of Saint Augustine	Thomas Aquinas	Isaac the Blind	The final three books of Saint Augustine's Confessions are themselves a trinity
The Dream of Scipio	Philo of Alexandria	Ibn 'Arabi	Boethius
Phibionites	Theurgy	Neoplatonic	Poker
idealism	Aryan	Clerestory	Friedrich Nietzsche
George Washington's 1795 State of the Union Address	Summa Theologica	Leonardo da Vinci	humanism

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