#neoplatonism — Public Fediverse posts

So much going on in these two pages, it’s hard to summarize.

via @adapalmer

#history #Neoplatonism #Christianity #Stoicism #Boethius #Manichaeism #Plotinus #Augustine #Renaissance #Catholic #ThomasAquinas

Plotinus & the Big Question

#Plotinus was a philosopher who lived during the peak of the Roman Empire.

Remarkably, separated by the entire Mediterranean, Middle World, and Persia, his ideas are close to the Indian system of thought called #Vedanta.

He built a worldview on the foundation of Plato, taking it even further into questions about God, the soul, and what is truly real. His system is called #Neoplatonism.

http://inaniludibrio.com/2026/06/24/plotinus-the-big-question/

#Plotinus makes an appearance less than 100 pages into a #history of the world through Islamic eyes.

#philosophy #Neoplatonism

#Neoplatonism gave #Augustine the philosophical vocabulary and metaphysical framework he needed, but Christianity (especially Paul) gave him the drama of sin, grace, and redemption that #Plotinus never could.

#philosophy #theology #metaphysics #storytelling

is #Neoplatonism a genuinely universal philosophical discovery about the structure of reality (one that every tradition independently converges on when it goes deep enough) or is it a particularly seductive intellectual framework that gets imported and then mistaken for indigenous insight?

Catholic tradition from Augustine, needs Plotinus to point toward a personal, good God.

Krishnananda needs Plotinus to dissolve into pure non-dual consciousness.

Plotinus himself may have refused both closures.

#Neoplatonism #Christianity #Catholic #Hindu #faith #theology

Augustine and Vedanta are closer to each other than either is to Plotinus in rejecting the idea that matter is intrinsically evil, but they still differ sharply in how they explain evil and the human predicament.

#Augustine #Vedanta #Christianity #Hinduism #theology #Neoplatonism

What do you think was happening in the #theology and #history the #Christian faith relative to #Arianism and #Neoplatonism between 325 and 363 CE?

You think you know.

You don’t know.

I’m now obsessed with the #theology of Emperor Julian, who died in the Battle of Samarra in June 363 CE, a chaotic clash near modern-day Samarra, Iraq, against Sasanian Persian forces led by King Shapur II.

#history #faith #Christianity #paganism #Neoplatonism

Just published: a volume in honor of the great Neoplatonism scholar Paul Kalligas! I have a piece in it about Iamblichus and Proclus and how they read Plato's Alcibiades. brill.com/display/titl... #philosophy #philsky #neoplatonism

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If symbols train attention and memory, who shapes the symbols we follow today, and why do we trust them? #Occult #Symbols #HiddenKnowledge #Hermeticism #SacredNumbers #Platonism #Neoplatonism #Renaissance #Baroque #History #Philosophy #Curiosity #Symbolism #Design #Ethics
https://medium.com/@skmohindroo9/occult-symbols-and-the-minds-that-drew-them-8cf134eb3303

Our Souls Have Plenty of Time

Paraphrased #Origen (who with Plotinus of #Neoplatonism, was a co-student of Ammonius Sacca).

http://inaniludibrio.com/2025/07/31/our-souls-have-plenty-of-time/

#history #philosophy #theology #metaphysics #paganism #Christianity

I’m motivated to use the transcript to this podcast episode to develop the chorus and melody to a #punk rock song: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dr-john-vervaeke/id1680606350

#Neoplatonism #theosis #theoris #meaning #thesis

The Forgotten Origin: Christianity, Hermeticism, and Neoplatonism Reveal the Same Divine Truth
https://youtu.be/kxs6cr2-P78
#Christianity #Hermeticism #Neoplatonism #Spirituality #Mysticism

@GhostOnTheHalfShell

I pray so to the Ineffable

#Neoplatonism

That’s how I currently use #Neoplatonism.

YMMV
https://catgirl.farm/objects/b7f8c32d-46d9-4baf-8057-003c6c2464ab

@intransitivelie

I stumbled upon #Neoplatonism a couple of years ago.

They made an effort to try and move purposefully and fix some shit.

Online #Seminar: The Making and Unmaking of Selfhood

Which strategies do human beings develop to relate to themselves and to others? How do discourses and practices affect the way in which selfhood is conceptualized and transformed?

The seminar offers intercultural perspectives on self-cultivation at the encounter of philosophy and religious studies, including engagement with #Aristotle, #Epicureanism, #Neoplatonism, #Judaism, and #Foucault

Program and registration: https://www.rug.nl/filosofie/organization/news-and-events/events/2024/seminar-making-unmaking-selfhood

#Paramatma, the universal soul or supreme consciousness in #Hindu #philosophy, parallels #Neoplatonism’s concept of “The One”.

In Neoplatonism, emanation from “The One” mirrors the dynamic interplay of prakāśa (#illumination) and vimarśa (#reflection) in Paramādvaita philosophy, emphasizing a cyclical process of outflow and return.

The #Nous is compared to Paramatma but aligns more closely with Hiranyagarbha in Hindu thought due to its subordinate role to the ultimate #FirstPrinciples.

οὐδὲ ἐροῦσιν Ἰδοὺ ὧδε ἤ Ἐκεῖ· ἰδοὺ γὰρ ἡ βασιλεία τοῦ θεοῦ ἐντὸς ὑμῶν ἐστιν

“nor will they say, ‘Look, here it is!’ or ‘There it is!’ For behold, the kingdom of God is within you.”

The Greek word “ἐντὸς” (entos) is typically understood to mean “within” or “inside,” though some translations interpret it as “in the midst of” or “among”.

The #Ineffable is in the midst of and among us.

#Neoplatonism #Luke #hermeneutics

#culture #Neoplatonism

@Nigel_Purchase
I might read that book!

I bought a book tackling the way that #Hindu thought was reflected in #Neoplatonism which influenced early #Christianity and excerpts are in, you guessed it, Greek.