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noun(philosophy) the philosophical doctrine that abstract concepts exist independent of their names
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- plotinus Roman philosopher (born in Egypt) who was the leading representative of Neoplatonism (205-270)
- neoplatonist an adherent of Neoplatonism
- neoplatonism a system of philosophical and theological doctrines composed of elements of Platonism and Aristotelianism and oriental mysticism; its most distinctive doctrine holds that the first principle and source of reality transcends being and thought and is naturally unknowable
- platonist an advocate of Platonism
- origen Greek philosopher and theologian who reinterpreted Christian doctrine through the philosophy of Neoplatonism; his work was later condemned as unorthodox (185-254)
- platonistic pertaining to or characteristic of or in accordance with Platonism