Neoplatonism
STRAND OF PLATONIC PHILOSOPHY THAT EMERGED IN THE 3RD CENTURY AD
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Neoplatonism is a strand of Platonic philosophy that emerged in the 3rd century AD against the background of Hellenistic philosophy and religion. The term does not encapsulate a set of ideas as much as it encapsulates a chain of thinkers which began with Ammonius Saccas and his student Plotinus (c.