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MarcusScythiae t1_j5vdul1 wrote

Reply to comment by bumharmony in The Best Books on Neoplatonism - To the modern reader, Neoplatonist thinkers can seem quite alien, but engaging with them helps us to understand ourselves and modern philosophy better, says Ursula Coope, Professor of Ancient Philosophy at the University of Oxford. by five_books

Well, neoplatonism is a direct continuation of Plato's philosophy and refers to new ideas which arose in it's tradition. The term itself was coined only in the 19th century.

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bumharmony t1_j5vfsxp wrote

But does it add to it. For example nanalytical (neo) marxism promises a lot but I don’t know what its achievements are

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