Platonic+Philosophy
101Proclus — (c. 410–485) The last major classical (Greek) philosopher. Proclus was a pupil of Plutarch of Athens. He was a systematic Neoplatonist, whose Elements of Theology, Platonic Theology, and various commentaries, influenced subsequent Christian… …
102rationality — Pieces of behaviour, beliefs, arguments, policies, and other exercises of the human mind may all be described as rational. To accept something as rational is to accept it as making sense, as appropriate, or re quired, or in accordance with some… …
103virtue — A virtue is a trait of character that is to be admired: one rendering its possessor better, either morally, or intellectually, or in the conduct of specific affairs. Both Plato and Aristotle devote much time to the unity of the virtues, or the… …
104Wyclif, John — (c. 1320–1384) Scholastic philosopher and reformer. Wyclif s major work was the Summa de Ente, a collection of two books with six treatises in each. His central preoccupation was the problem of universals . Wyclif accepts an out and out realism,… …
105Neo-Platonism — Eyjólfur K.Emilsson GENERAL INTRODUCTION Neo Platonism is usually defined as the philosophy of Plotinus, who lived in the third century AD, and his followers in the pagan Graeco Roman world in late antiquity. The most significant philosophers… …
106Platonism — Platonist, n., adj. /playt n iz euhm/, n. 1. the philosophy or doctrines of Plato or his followers. 2. a Platonic doctrine or saying. 3. the belief that physical objects are impermanent representations of unchanging Ideas, and that the Ideas… …
107Plato: aesthetics and psychology — Christopher Rowe Plato’s ideas about literature and art and about beauty (his ‘aesthetics’) are heavily influenced and in part actually determined by his ideas about the mind or soul (his ‘psychology’).1 It is therefore appropriate to deal with… …
108Neoplatonism — Part of a series on Neoplatonism …
109Neo-Platonism — • Article by William Turner covering this movement s principal figures and later influence Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Neo Platonism Neo Platonism …
110Neoplatonism and Gnosticism — Part of a series on …
