Neoplatonism
NEOPLATONISM is the Platonic philosophy interpreted by Plotinus (205–270 CE), systematized in his Enneads and further developed by others through the sixth century. From the first ...
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Causation in Islamic Philosophy
According to the Qurʾanic position, God is the voluntary creator of the universe. In causal theory, one finds an apparently necessary connection between cause an...
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Neoplatonism [addendum]
When Islam took over the Middle East it came into contact with a flourishing local culture heavily influenced by Greek thought. As far as philosophy was concerned, neoplatonism...
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Neoplatonism
General Characterization
Neoplatonism was the dominant philosophical current in late antiquity, and it had a lasting influence in the Middle Ages when it was adopted by Christian and Musl...
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The art of Michelangelo can be characterized as having a neo-platonic influence. This idea is that of the combination of classic Greek philosophy, such as Plato and Aristotle, with the Christian be...
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