Neoplatonism

<h3 >Neoplatonism</h3>

<p ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neoplatonism" title="Neoplatonism" >Neoplatonism</a>, or <b>Plotinism</b>, was a school of religious and mystical philosophy founded by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plotinus" title="Plotinus" >Plotinus</a> in the 3rd century CE and based on the teachings of Plato and the other Platonists. The summit of existence was <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%CE%A4%E1%BD%B8_%E1%BC%9D%CE%BD&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Τὸ Ἕν (page does not exist)" >the One</a> or the Good, the source of all things. In <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtue" title="Virtue" >virtue</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meditation" title="Meditation" >meditation</a> the soul had the power to elevate itself to attain union with the One, the true function of human beings. It was the main rival to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity" >Christianity</a> until dying out in the 6th century.</p>

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<li ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plotinus" title="Plotinus" >Plotinus</a> (205-270 CE)</li>

<li ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porphyry_(philosopher)" title="Porphyry (philosopher)" >Porphyry</a> (233-309 CE)</li>

<li ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iamblichus_of_Chalcis" title="Iamblichus of Chalcis" class="mw-redirect" >Iamblichus of Chalcis</a> (245-325 CE)</li>

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