influenced by Neoplatonism, propagating a contemplative way of life which points to the Godhead beyond the nameable God. Neoplatonism also had a strong...
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the human soul as incorporeal substance to Neoplatonism. But Augustine was also critical of Neoplatonism doctrines and their formulations, and he rejected...
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Henosis (redirect from Mysticism in Neoplatonism)
classical Greek word for mystical "oneness", "union" or "unity". In Neoplatonism, henosis is unification with what is fundamental in reality: the One...
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originating in Jewish religiosity in Alexandria in the first few centuries AD. Neoplatonism is a school of Hellenistic philosophy that took shape in the 3rd century...
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emperor Julian the Apostate was deeply influenced by neoplatonism, as was Hypatia of Alexandria. Neoplatonism influenced many Christians as well, including Pseudo-Dionysius...
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Hypostasis (philosophy and religion) (redirect from Hypostasis (Neoplatonism))
It is not the same as the concept of a substance[citation needed]. In Neoplatonism, the hypostasis of the soul, the intellect (nous) and "the one" was addressed...
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Platonism (section Neoplatonism)
century AD, Plotinus added additional mystical elements, establishing Neoplatonism, in which the summit of existence was the One or the Good, the source...
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Demiurge (category Neoplatonism)
Platonists in the 3rd century AD to further clarify the Demiurge is known as Neoplatonism. To Plotinus, the second emanation represents an uncreated second cause...
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Logos (section Neoplatonism)
2022-09-23. Michael F. Wagner, Neoplatonism and Nature: Studies in Plotinus' Enneads, Volume 8 of Studies in Neoplatonism, SUNY Press (2002), ISBN 0791452719...
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Platonism than Neoplatonism, which perhaps suggests that Ammonius's doctrines were also closer to those of Middle Platonism than the Neoplatonism developed...
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Stoicism (section Neoplatonism)
Middle Platonism School of the Sextii Neopythagoreanism Second Sophistic Neoplatonism Church Fathers Indian Hindu Samkhya Nyaya Vaisheshika Yoga Mīmāṃsā Ājīvika...
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Metaphysics and Neoplatonism". Prajñā Vihāra. 12 (2). ISSN 2586-9876. Retrieved 2019-05-13. Graham McAleer (2016) Christian Metaphysics and Neoplatonism, Perspectives...
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Divine light (section Neoplatonism)
In theology, divine light (also called divine radiance or divine refulgence) is an aspect of divine presence perceived as light during a theophany or vision...
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their translation from Greek to Arabic. Neoplatonism was revived from its founding father, Plotinus. Neoplatonism, a philosophical current that permeated...
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was a student of Ammonius Saccas, and together they were founders of Neoplatonism. His work, through Augustine of Hippo, the Cappadocian Fathers, Pseudo-Dionysius...
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Platonism in the Renaissance (redirect from Renaissance Neoplatonism)
influence of Plato's Republic Neoplatonism and Gnosticism Platonism in the Renaissance Middle Platonism Commentaries Neoplatonism and Christianity Oxyrhynchus...
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Anamnesis (philosophy) (section Neoplatonism)
experience, of inner knowledge or insight, than of recollection. However, in Neoplatonism, the theory of anamnesis became part of the mythology of the descent...
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Bahya ibn Paquda (section Neoplatonism)
Bahyā ibn Pāqudā (also: Pakuda, Bakuda; Judeo-Arabic: בחיי אבן פקודה, Arabic: بهية بن فاقودا), c. 1050–1120, was a Jewish philosopher and rabbi who lived...
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Cosmos (section Neoplatonism)
is evidence that Copernicus was influenced by neoplatonism. Founded by philosopher Plotinus, neoplatonism believes that the Sun is the symbol of The One...
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Anima mundi (category Neoplatonism)
with the divine. Neoplatonism and Hermeticism also incorporated the concept of the world soul into their cosmologies. Neoplatonism, flourishing in the...
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to the Manichaean faith, and later to the Hellenistic philosophy of Neoplatonism. After his conversion to Christianity and baptism in 386, Augustine developed...
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Pleroma (section Neoplatonism)
undifferentiated). Absolute (philosophy) Aeon (Gnosticism) Ein Sof Empyrean Neoplatonism and Gnosticism Principle of plenitude World of Light Col 2:9 Cross, F...
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Unknown God (section In Neoplatonism)
The Unknown God or Agnostos Theos (Ancient Greek: Ἄγνωστος Θεός) is a theory by Eduard Norden first published in 1913 that proposes, based on the Christian...
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Ancient Greek philosophy (section Neoplatonism)
dialogues, deriving from them the basis of Platonism (and by extension, Neoplatonism). Plato's student Aristotle in turn criticized and built upon the doctrines...
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and the Soul: The Neoplatonism of Iamblichus. Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania State University Press. Shaw, Gregory (2006). "Neoplatonism I: Antiquity". In...
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varieties of Neoplatonism were taught in Alexandria during the late fourth century. The first was the overtly pagan religious Neoplatonism taught at the...
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List of knowledge deities (section Neoplatonism)
A knowledge deity is a deity in mythology associated with knowledge, wisdom, or intelligence. Anansi, associated with stories, wisdom, knowledge, and trickery...
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Hellenistic period, Cynicism, Stoicism, Epicureanism and Skepticism, while Neoplatonism dominated subsequent thought. Byzantine philosophy was characterised...
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sects and their beliefs about reincarnation. This includes the views of Neoplatonism, Orphism, Hermeticism, Manichaenism, and Gnosticism of the Roman era...
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to teach in. It naturally tended to attract followers of Iamblichean Neoplatonism. Most of these philosophers were primarily interested in theurgy, the...
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