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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A philosophical system developed at Alexandria in the third century AD by Plotinus and his successors. It is based on Platonism with elements of mysticism and some Judaic and Christian concepts and posits a single source from which all existence emanates and with which an individual soul can be mystically united.
- noun A revival of Neo-Platonism or a system derived from it, as in the Middle Ages.
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I am also a big fan of philosophies and philosophers which range from ancients such as Plato who founded Neo-Platonism as well as the teachings of Esoteric Buddhism of medieval Japan.
Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat 2010
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So far, I have argued as follows: If the absolute is considered impersonal, than to call it “God” is disingenuous to both the original tenor of Abrahamic theism before its absorption of ideologies like Gnosticism and Neo-Platonism as well as the traditions which have always espoused a radically immanent notion of the divine.
Why I am Not a Pantheist (Nor a Panentheist): Metaphysics, Totalization, and the Cosmos By Jonathan Weidenbaum William Harryman 2009
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Gnosticism, Neo-Platonism and Theosophy Hardy, 1993: 115 and states that they all adhere to levels of consciousness.
Kenneth Sørensen - Integral Psychosynthesis, a comparison of Wilber and Assagioli William Harryman 2009
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Although taking a similar approach as that of Moore, Pound's aesthetic exchanges frequently drew from Christian mysticism, Neo-Platonism, and Confucianism, as opposed to the nineteenth century American and European tradition often referenced in The Dial.
FEATURE ARTICLE: "THAT ALL OF US MAY WRITE BETTER" EILEEN 2009
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Finally, since the interconnected nature of things in Process and Reality is not a thorough All-in-All, process metaphysics never results in anything as monolithic as the One of Neo-Platonism.
Why I am Not a Pantheist (Nor a Panentheist): Metaphysics, Totalization, and the Cosmos By Jonathan Weidenbaum William Harryman 2009
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These kabbalists, while protesting such rationalism, were themselves very influenced by two dominant trends: Gnosticism and Neo-Platonism.
Gershom Scholem Magid, Shaul 2008
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This includes Neo-Platonism, so he discusses Plotinus, generally considered the first Neo-Platonist (and no, not because it's kind of a pun on his name).
Archive 2006-11-01 Matthew Guerrieri 2006
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This includes Neo-Platonism, so he discusses Plotinus, generally considered the first Neo-Platonist (and no, not because it's kind of a pun on his name).
Qui sème le vent récolte le tempo Matthew Guerrieri 2006
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On Neoplatonism, speaking of Cosimo di Medici the Elder and Marcelino Ficino (poor Pico doesn't get mentioned), he says: «They introduced Neo-Platonism in an attempt to reinstate ideas and ideals: that is universals» (17).
reading Francis Schaeffer Fred 2007
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On Neoplatonism, speaking of Cosimo di Medici the Elder and Marcelino Ficino (poor Pico doesn't get mentioned), he says: «They introduced Neo-Platonism in an attempt to reinstate ideas and ideals: that is universals» (17).
Archive 2007-10-01 Fred 2007
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