Neoplatonism
Everything flows from the ineffable One, and the soul can return to it
Key ideas
- A hierarchy: the One, Intellect, Soul, matter
- The world is an emanation of the One
- The soul ascends through contemplation
- Deeply shaped Christian, Islamic and Jewish theology
Key thinkers
- Plotinus (founder) — ancient philosopher, founder of Neoplatonism, 204–270
- Hypatia — mathematician and philosopher, 360–415
Grew out of
- Platonic Academy c. 387 BC – 86 BC · Europe
What grew out of it
- Patristics c. 100 – 750 · Africa
- Falsafa c. 830 – 1200 · Middle East
Meanwhile elsewhere
- Confucianism Asia
- Buddhist philosophy Asia
- Taoism Asia
- Nyaya Asia
- Madhyamaka Asia
- Yogachara Asia
- Chan and Zen Asia