Neoplatonism

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Platonic tradition late antique philosophy metaphysical system philosophical system

Neoplatonism is a philosophical system developed in the Roman Empire that reinterprets and extends Plato’s ideas into a metaphysical framework centered on a single transcendent source from which all reality emanates.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Christian Neoplatonism 1
Neoplatonic emanationism 1

Statements (55)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Platonic tradition ⓘ
late antique philosophy ⓘ
metaphysical system ⓘ
philosophical system ⓘ
developedBy Damascius ⓘ
Iamblichus of Chalcis ⓘ
surface form: Iamblichus

Proclus ⓘ
developedIn Roman Empire ⓘ
emphasizes contemplation ⓘ
hierarchical structure of reality ⓘ
mystical union with the One ⓘ
foundedBy Plotinus ⓘ
hasCentralConcept Intellect ⓘ
surface form: Intellect (Nous)

World Soul ⓘ
emanation ⓘ
return to the One ⓘ
the One ⓘ
hasHistoricalCenter Alexandria ⓘ
Athens ⓘ
Rome ⓘ
Apamea on the Orontes ⓘ
surface form: Syrian school of Apamea
hasKeyFigure Damascius ⓘ
Iamblichus of Chalcis ⓘ
surface form: Iamblichus

Plotinus ⓘ
Porphyry ⓘ
Proclus ⓘ
hasKeyText Enneads ⓘ
influenced Augustine of Hippo ⓘ
Byzantine philosophy ⓘ
Christian theology ⓘ
German idealism ⓘ
surface form: German Idealism

Islamic philosophy ⓘ
Jewish philosophy ⓘ
Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite ⓘ
Renaissance Platonism ⓘ
medieval scholasticism ⓘ
influencedBy Aristotelianism ⓘ
Middle Platonism ⓘ
Pythagoreanism ⓘ
Stoicism ⓘ
languageOfPrimarySources Ancient Greek ⓘ
opposedView materialism ⓘ
period 3rd century to 6th century CE ⓘ
positsLevelOfReality Intellect ⓘ
surface form: Intellect (Nous)

Soul ⓘ
sensible world ⓘ
the One ⓘ
reinterpretsWorkOf Plato ⓘ
relatedMovement Gnosticism ⓘ
Middle Platonism ⓘ
systematizedBy Porphyry ⓘ
teaches all reality emanates from a single transcendent source ⓘ
evil is privation of good ⓘ
the One ⓘ
surface form: the One is beyond being and intellect

the soul can ascend to the One ⓘ

Referenced by (40)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

the One → centralIn → Neoplatonism ⓘ
Platonism → hasVariant → Neoplatonism ⓘ
Eleatic school → influenced → Neoplatonism ⓘ
subject surface form: Form of the Good
Heraclitus → influenced → Neoplatonism ⓘ
Orphic Mysteries → influenced → Neoplatonism ⓘ
Parmenides → influenced → Neoplatonism ⓘ
Phaedo → influenced → Neoplatonism ⓘ
Phaedrus → influenced → Neoplatonism ⓘ
Philo of Alexandria → influenced → Neoplatonism ⓘ
Platonism → influenced → Neoplatonism ⓘ
Pythagoreanism → influenced → Neoplatonism ⓘ
Statesman → influenced → Neoplatonism ⓘ
Timaeus → influenced → Neoplatonism ⓘ
the One → influenced → Neoplatonism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Christian Neoplatonism
Al-Farabi → influencedBy → Neoplatonism ⓘ
Al-Kindi → influencedBy → Neoplatonism ⓘ
Augustine of Hippo → influencedBy → Neoplatonism ⓘ
Augustinian theology → influencedBy → Neoplatonism ⓘ
Avicenna → influencedBy → Neoplatonism ⓘ
Christian Kabbalah → influencedBy → Neoplatonism ⓘ
Esoteric Christianity → influencedBy → Neoplatonism ⓘ
Four Worlds → influencedBy → Neoplatonism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Neoplatonic emanationism
Islamic philosophy → influencedBy → Neoplatonism ⓘ
Pico della Mirandola → influencedBy → Neoplatonism ⓘ
Scholastic theology → influencedBy → Neoplatonism ⓘ
St. Augustine → influencedBy → Neoplatonism ⓘ
Theosophy → influencedBy → Neoplatonism ⓘ
Western esotericism → influencedBy → Neoplatonism ⓘ
the Absolute → influencedBy → Neoplatonism ⓘ
the Over-Soul → influencedBy → Neoplatonism ⓘ
Marsilio Ficino → movement → Neoplatonism ⓘ
Plotinus → philosophicalSchool → Neoplatonism ⓘ
Boethius → philosophicalTradition → Neoplatonism ⓘ
Academy of Athens → tradition → Neoplatonism ⓘ
subject surface form: Academy of Athens (ancient)