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Pla·to·nism
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anamnesis
the ability to recall past events; recollection -
demiurge
(in the philosophy of Plato) the creator of the universe -
neo-pythagoreanism
a philosophical system, established in Alexandria and Rome in the second century b.c., consisting mainly of revived Pythagorean doctrines with elements of Platonism and Stoicism. -
neoplatonism
a philosophical system, originated in the 3rd century a.d. by Plotinus, founded chiefly on Platonic doctrine and Eastern mysticism, with later influences from Christianity. It holds that all existence consists of emanations from the One with whom the soul may be reunited. -
parousia
advent (def 4). -
platonic love
Platonism. love of the Idea of beauty, seen as terminating an evolution from the desire for an individual and the love of physical beauty to the love and contemplation of spiritual or ideal beauty.