NEOPLATONISM


Meaning of NEOPLATONISM in English

n.

Pronunciation: ˌ n ē - ō - ' pl ā -t ə - ˌ ni-z ə m

Function: 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 reunited in trance or ecstasy

2 : a doctrine similar to ancient Neoplatonism

– Neo · pla · ton · ic \ -pl ə - ' tä-nik, -pl ā - \ adjective

– Neo · pla · to · nist \ - ' pl ā -t ə -nist \ noun

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