The system founded by Plotinus, and known distinctively as "Neo-Platonism," was that which alone gave unity to all that remained of Greek culture during the period of its survival as such. Neo-Platonism became, for three centuries, the one philosophy of the Greco-Roman world. It preserved the ancient type of thought from admixture with alien elements; and, though defeated in the struggle to give direction to the next great period of human history, it had a powerful influence on the antagonist system, which, growing up in an intellectual atmosphere pervaded by its modes of thought, incorporated much of its distinctive teaching.
This work is an essential connective work providing the link of Greek thought and influence upon the Early Church Fathers. Moreover, this work provides the fundamental background of connective tissues which bind many of the medieval theologians with their attempt to formulate their own Sentences or Summa.
- ISBN13 9781678108199
- Publish Date 30 January 2020
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Lulu.com
- Format eBook
- Language English