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it is often said that all of quote-unquote Western thought is simply footnotes to Plato and this is both of course somewhat hyperbolical and at the same time cannot chew but the man himself can't of course take all the credit because indeed there have been few schools of thought as influential on our world on the some of the greatest religions and thinkers in history as the philosophical School of neoplatonism appearing in late Antiquity as a continuation of the school of platonism neoplatonism would come to play a decisive role in the philosophy and Theology of Christianity Islam Judaism and really all of Western thought as we sometimes call it indeed the category that we often call mysticism is almost entirely based in its language and and symbolism on the school called neoplatonism it's a topic that has come up a lot in our previous discussions in previous episodes on this channel and will continue to do so in the future so I think it's high time that we ask ourselves the question what actually is neoplatonism [Music] I'm very happy and honored to say that this episode is part of a large collaborative project with some of my friends and colleagues here on YouTube some truly amazing people and Scholars that are making some incredible content this collaboration includes zevi from Seekers of unity who will be covering neoplatonism and its relationship with Kabbalah both the origins of Kabbalah in terms of how neoplatonism plays a role there as well as the periods of medieval times and the Renaissance Dr Justin Sledge from the channel esoterica will be covering neoplatonism and its relationship with gnosticism Dr Angela Pucca from Angela's Symposium will be covering platinus and eamblicus two of the most Central figures in early neoplatonism and their views on Magic in particular we also have Dana trell who'll be covering Thomas Taylor's platonist Creed an incredibly interesting text and lastly we also have John verveiki who will be making an episode covering neoplatonism and its relationship with cognitive science so this is a massive large collaborative project that all are sort of trying to get at the topic of neoplatonism from different angles and in relationship with different Traditions from now from around the world so be sure to check out the episodes by all these other amazing people and you'll get a wide and and comprehensive understanding of neoplatonism from different perspectives which I think is really valuable neoplatonism is one of the most influential philosophical movements ever and the clues to its place in intellectual history are right there in the name neoplatonism it is in other words a form of platonism the tradition that follows and builds on the teachings of Plato and this is an important Point platonism can be a broad category and we often divide it into periods and schools like middle platonism and indeed neoplatonism or late platonism but we should remember that they are all parts of a...