Definition of Neoplatonist

1. Noun. An adherent of Neoplatonism.

Generic synonyms: Adherent, Disciple

Definition of Neoplatonist

1. n. One who held to Neoplatonism; a member of the Neoplatonic school.

Definition of Neoplatonist

1. Noun. A member of the philosophical school of Neoplatonism. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Neoplatonist

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Neoplatonism
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Literary usage of Neoplatonist

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1901)
"... a neoplatonist philosopher, a native of Chalcis, in Code-Syria, who died about 330 AD He was a pupil of Porphyry, and follower of Plotinus; ..."

2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"EUSEBIUS [OF MYNDUS], Greek philosopher, a distinguished neoplatonist and pupil of ... who may perhaps be identical with the neoplatonist. ..."

3. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1910)
"... but the neoplatonist school had much more that was original and ... Among his pupils were Plotinus, the two Origens (the neoplatonist and the Christian) ..."

4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"neoplatonist writer, flourished с. AD 430. He studied under the celebrated neoplatonist Plutarch at Athens, and taught for some years in his native city. ..."

5. Chambers's Biographical Dictionary: The Great of All Times and Nations by Francis Hindes Groome, David Patrick (1898)
"The eclectic philosophy of Origen bears a neoplatonist and Stoical stamp. The idea of the proceeding of all spirits from God, their fall, redemption, ..."

6. Dante & Aquinas by Philip Henry Wicksteed (1913)
"This neoplatonist ideal of self-identification with the Absolute, to be reached by intellectual and moral discipline and the intensity of spiritual ..."

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