Essays Tagged: "Neoplatonism"
Botticelli.
powerful Medici family as his patron. As a result he was influenced by the Medici belief, Christian Neoplatonism, which tried to reconcile classical and Christian views. Botticelli painted some his mo ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Artists
Boethius philosophy
ent, translator, and commentator of the Platonic philosophies of his age (to which we give the name Neoplatonism, to distinguish their opinions from the original doctrines of Plato himself). Boethius ... licae Fidei. Still, the overwhelming inspiration for this form, whether Proclusian or Euclidean, is Neoplatonism.The influence of this form goes beyond 12th-century attempts to compose axiomatic philo ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Classical Philosophy
Hypatia
she lectured and taught about mathematics and philosophy, in particular teaching the philosophy of Neoplatonism. Hypatia based her teachings on those of Plotinus.Plotinus taught that there is an ulti ... patia taught these philosophical ideas with a greater scientific emphasis than earlier followers of Neoplatonism. All commentators described her as a charismatic teacher.Hypatia came to symbolise lear ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers