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Categories: Monism, Western esotericism, Universalism, Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference, Neoplatonism

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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 WordNet 3.0

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Neoplatonism is a version of Platonic philosophy that emerged in the 3rd century AD against the background of Hellenistic philosophy and religion. Wikipedia

A philosophic school of Late Antiquity deriving from Plato Wikipedia Disambiguation

Strand of Platonic philosophy that emerged in the 3rd century AD Wikidata

A school of religious and mystical philosophy founded by Plotinus in the 3rd century that is based on the teachings of Plato and earlier Platonists. OmegaWiki

A school of philosophy based on the teachings of Plato and, subsequently, Plotinus; it was the foundation for paganism. Wiktionary

School of philosophy. Wiktionary (translation)

Neoplatonism was predominant in pagan Europe until the 6th century WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

Neoplatonism was a major influence on early Christian writers and on later medieval and Renaissance thought and on Islamic philosophy WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

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philosophical doctrine

theological doctrine

philosophical movement

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Thomas Taylor

Ploutarchos of Athens

Eustathius of Cappadocia

Berthold of Moosburg

Amelius

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Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary