Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Relating to the Neoplatonists or their doctrines.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Of, pertaining to, or resembling, Neoplatonism or the Neoplatonists.

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word neoplatonic.

Examples

  • More promising were neoplatonic aitiological arguments

    Amputee 2009

  • The current 'orthodox' dogma of the Trinity comes from a wedding of Jewish monotheism with Greek neoplatonic thought.

    Why Liberal Christianity Isn't Bankrupt James F. McGrath 2009

  • The fullest development of this neoplatonic approach to God stood ready to be realized, when all three routes, the aitiological, illuminationist, and ontological, would be scouted out by one and the same philosophical mind.

    Amputee 2009

  • More recently, Aaron Hughes [2004, 186] has strongly emphasized the neoplatonic aesthetics at play in Hayy, asserting that aesthetics and poetry are “currency whereby the imagination and philosophy are able to tease out and subsequently map the various relationships between the physical and the metaphysical”.

    Abraham Ibn Ezra Langermann, Tzvi 2006

  • It is therefore appropriate to take note of Ibn Ezra's divergence from some widely accepted neoplatonic teachings.

    Abraham Ibn Ezra Langermann, Tzvi 2006

  • Ibn Gabirol's Fons Vitae certainly belongs to the neoplatonic tradition.

    Abraham Ibn Ezra Langermann, Tzvi 2006

  • However, the very term “neoplatonic” is applied imprecisely in the history of medieval Jewish philosophy, and it usually indicates little more than a gross bifurcation between

    Abraham Ibn Ezra Langermann, Tzvi 2006

  • Guttmann was fully aware, like all historians of Jewish thought, that Ibn Ezra was not a systematic thinker, and he was more precise than any later historian in pinpointing the agreements and disagreements between Ibn Ezra and what may be called standard neoplatonic teachings.

    Abraham Ibn Ezra Langermann, Tzvi 2006

  • However, Greive is well-aware that the presence of neoplatonic teachings in Ibn Ezra's writings does not mean that Ibn Ezra's allegiance was limited to that school exclusively.

    Abraham Ibn Ezra Langermann, Tzvi 2006

  • This dual meaning can be traced back to Proclus, and its usage highlights the neoplatonic trend in Ibn Ezra's thought.

    Abraham Ibn Ezra Langermann, Tzvi 2006

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.