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English noun: Neoplatonism | |||
| 1. | Neoplatonism (cognition) a system of philosophical and theological doctrines composed of elements of Platonism and Aristotelianism and oriental mysticism; its most distinctive doctrine holds that the first principle and source of reality transcends being and thought and is naturally unknowable | ||
| Samples | Neoplatonism was predominant in pagan Europe until the 6th century. Neoplatonism was a major influence on early Christian writers and on later medieval and Renaissance thought and on Islamic philosophy. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | philosophical doctrine, philosophical theory, theological doctrine | ||
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