Neoplatonism

Neoplatonism (also Neo-Platonism) was a school of philosophy that took shape in the 3rd century A.D. Though based on the teachings of Plato and Platonists, it interpreted Plato in many new ways, so that Neoplatonism was quite different from what Plato had written, though many Neoplatonists would prefer to say that what they advocated had been previously taught by Plato. The prefix "neo" was only added by modern scholars to distinguish between the two, but the practitioners of the time called themselves Platonists.

Publications

• Ruelle, an edition of On First Principles, (Paris, 1889)
• Whittaker, The Neo-Platonists, (Cambridge, 1901)