neo-Platonic
One-emanating metaphysical system
Neo-Platonic describes ideas derived from or inspired by Neoplatonism, the philosophical system that developed from Plato's teachings in the third century CE.
It emphasizes a hierarchy of reality emanating from a single divine source, with the material world as the lowest level.
The term appears in discussions of philosophy, theology, and Renaissance art: neo-Platonic themes of spiritual ascent, neo-Platonic influence on early Christian thought.
Something that flows out
- henosisMystical absorption into ultimate reality
- soulInnermost animating essence
- intellectMental reasoning capacity
- providenceDivine protective care
ascent · return · procession · triad · theurgy · contemplation · simplicity · multiplicity
Something that flows out
- archetypesUniversal symbolic patterns
- universalsProperties holding across all
- hierarchyRanked authority structure
- processionFormal moving line
return · participation · causality · unity · multiplicity · substance · essence · eternal
Moral worth or benefit
- divineOf or from gods
- trinityUnified set of three
- emanationSomething that flows out
- Pseudo-DionysiusPseudonymous late-antique theologian
hierarchy · angels · creation · providence · Augustine · negative theology · theophany · divine names
Mystical absorption into ultimate reality
- unionJoining into one
- contemplationSustained reflective attention
- ascentUpward movement
- ecstasyOverwhelming intense delight
purgation · illumination · theurgy · gnosis · divine · ineffable · silence · vision
European cultural reawakening
- Christian mysticismPursuit of divine encounter
- KabbalahJewish esoteric tradition
- AugustineFourth-century church father
- medievalOf the Middle Ages
scholasticism · humanism · Romanticism · idealism · theosophy · perennial philosophy · transmission · revival
emanation
Something that flows out
- henosisMystical absorption into ultimate reality
- soulInnermost animating essence
- intellectMental reasoning capacity
providence · ascent · return · procession · triad · theurgy · contemplation · simplicity · multiplicity · participation
emanation
Something that flows out
- archetypesUniversal symbolic patterns
- universalsProperties holding across all
- hierarchyRanked authority structure
procession · return · participation · causality · unity · multiplicity · substance · essence · eternal · immutable
Good
Moral worth or benefit
Pseudo-Dionysius · hierarchy · angels · creation · providence · Augustine · negative theology · theophany · divine names · celestial
henosis
Mystical absorption into ultimate reality
- unionJoining into one
- contemplationSustained reflective attention
- ascentUpward movement
ecstasy · purgation · illumination · theurgy · gnosis · divine · ineffable · silence · vision · spiritual exercises
Renaissance
European cultural reawakening
- Christian mysticismPursuit of divine encounter
- KabbalahJewish esoteric tradition
- AugustineFourth-century church father
medieval · scholasticism · humanism · Romanticism · idealism · theosophy · perennial philosophy · transmission · revival
neo-Platonicmaterialist
Values physical over spiritual
atomist · mechanistic · naturalist · reductionist · nominalist
neo-Platonicempiricist
Knowledge-from-experience advocate
positivist · empirical · sensualist · sensationalist · pragmatist
neo-PlatonicStoic
Zeno's philosophy adherent
Aristotelian · atomistic · atomist · utilitarian · analytic