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Neoplatonic, a.|niːəʊpləˈtɒnɪk| [f. neo- + Platonic a.] A. adj. Of or pertaining to Neoplatonism or the Neoplatonists. B. n. = Neoplatonist.
1836–7Sir W. Hamilton Metaph. vi. (1859) I. 107 The Neoplatonic system, of which the last great representative is Proclus. 1840E. Cox tr. Döllinger's Hist. Church i. 71 The Neoplatonics endeavoured, therefore, to unite the different systems of philosophy, especially the Pythagorean, Platonic, and Aristotelean, in one body with the principles of oriental learning. 1877Lecky Europ. Mor. (ed. 3) I. 335 The Pythagorean and Neoplatonic schools revived the feeling of religious reverence, inculcated humility. 1879Dublin Rev. Apr. 524 On the Catholic side no theologian has followed Scotus Erigena: his system may be called an offspring of the Neoplatonics. Hence neoplaˈtonically adv.
1886Encycl. Brit. XXI. 429/2 The Neoplatonically conceived Fons Vitæ of the Jew Gebirol. |