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Neoplatonism

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neoplatonism

Main Entry:: Neo·pla·to·nism
Pronunciation:: \ˌnē-ō-ˈplā-tə-ˌni-zəm\
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

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\-plə-ˈtä-nik, -plā-\ adjective

— Neo·pla·to·nist

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\-ˈplā-tə-nist\ noun

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