Neoplatonism

noun

Neo·pla·to·nism ˌnē-ō-ˈplā-tə-ˌni-zəm

: Platonism modified in later antiquity to accord with Aristotelian, post-Aristotelian, and eastern conceptions that conceives of the world as an emanation from an ultimate indivisible being with whom the soul is capable of being reunited in trance or ecstasy

: a doctrine similar to ancient Neoplatonism

Neoplatonic

ˌnē-ō-plə-ˈtä-nik

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adjective

Neoplatonist

ˌnē-ō-ˈplā-tə-nist

noun

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The building’s architects were grounded in geometric theory and influenced by a heady dose of Neoplatonism. —