Plotinianadj.

Brit.

/plɒˈtɪnɪən/,

/pləˈtɪnɪən/, U.S.

/pləˈtɪniən/,

/plɔˈtɪniən/,

/plɑˈtɪniən/

Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Plotinus , -ian suffix.

Etymology: < the name of Plotinus (post-classical Latin Plotinus (4th cent.), Hellenistic Greek Πλωτῖνος ) (c205–270), Greek philosopher, founder and leading exponent of Neoplatonism + -ian suffix. Compare earlier Plotinical adj.

Of, relating to, or characteristic of Plotinus and his Neoplatonic philosophy.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > ancient Greek philosophy > [adjective] > of Neoplatonism > of or relating to Plotinus

Plotinical1631

Plotinian1654

Plotinic1678

1654 J. Crandon Mr. Baxters Aphorisms Exorized & Anthorized i. xiv. 144 Those whom hee in termes of abasement calleth sublime, Platonick, and Plotinian Divines.

1791 W. Enfield Brucker's Hist. Philos. II. iii. ii. 69 We shall trace the progress of the Plotinian, or Eclectic, school.

1801 S. T. Coleridge Coll. Lett. (1956) II. 681 The Realists among the Schoolmen held a Doctrine strangely compounded of the Peripatetic & Plotinian School, that universal Ideas are the Souls of all things.

1879 J. M'Clintock & J. Strong Cycl. Biblical, Theol., & Eccl. Lit. VIII. 296/2 Creuzer condenses his summary of the Plotinian doctrine into three theses.

1924 J. Laird Idea of Soul i. 14 The continuance of Platonism in S. Augustine and in so many others was for century after century as much a Plotinian as a Platonic tradition.

1969 T. F. Torrance Theol. Sci. i. 18 This was the Augustinian doctrine of the sacramental universe, combining Plotinian and Ptolemaic notions in a ‘Christian’ cosmology.

2001 Renaissance Q. 54 1437 Life and death within this Plotinian scheme contribute to the cosmic ballet.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	plotinian
释义	Plotinianadj. Brit. /plɒˈtɪnɪən/, /pləˈtɪnɪən/, U.S. /pləˈtɪniən/, /plɔˈtɪniən/, /plɑˈtɪniən/ Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Plotinus , -ian suffix. Etymology: < the name of Plotinus (post-classical Latin Plotinus (4th cent.), Hellenistic Greek Πλωτῖνος ) (c205–270), Greek philosopher, founder and leading exponent of Neoplatonism + -ian suffix. Compare earlier Plotinical adj. Of, relating to, or characteristic of Plotinus and his Neoplatonic philosophy. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > ancient Greek philosophy > [adjective] > of Neoplatonism > of or relating to Plotinus Plotinical1631 Plotinian1654 Plotinic1678 1654 J. Crandon Mr. Baxters Aphorisms Exorized & Anthorized i. xiv. 144 Those whom hee in termes of abasement calleth sublime, Platonick, and Plotinian Divines. 1791 W. Enfield Brucker's Hist. Philos. II. iii. ii. 69 We shall trace the progress of the Plotinian, or Eclectic, school. 1801 S. T. Coleridge Coll. Lett. (1956) II. 681 The Realists among the Schoolmen held a Doctrine strangely compounded of the Peripatetic & Plotinian School, that universal Ideas are the Souls of all things. 1879 J. M'Clintock & J. Strong Cycl. Biblical, Theol., & Eccl. Lit. VIII. 296/2 Creuzer condenses his summary of the Plotinian doctrine into three theses. 1924 J. Laird Idea of Soul i. 14 The continuance of Platonism in S. Augustine and in so many others was for century after century as much a Plotinian as a Platonic tradition. 1969 T. F. Torrance Theol. Sci. i. 18 This was the Augustinian doctrine of the sacramental universe, combining Plotinian and Ptolemaic notions in a ‘Christian’ cosmology. 2001 Renaissance Q. 54 1437 Life and death within this Plotinian scheme contribute to the cosmic ballet. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1654
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