Neo-Platonism

/ ˌniːəʊˈpleɪtəˌnɪzəm; ˌniːəʊpləˈtɒnɪk /

noun

a philosophical system which was first developed in the 3rd century ad as a synthesis of Platonic, Pythagorean, and Aristotelian elements, and which, although originally opposed to Christianity, later incorporated it. It dominated European thought until the 13th century and re-emerged during the Renaissance

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This is the more remarkable because it is not an essential element in Neo-Platonism, upon which Gabirol's system is based.

He shows a better knowledge of Aristotelian ideas than his predecessors, and is well versed in Neo-Platonism.

If Plutarch was not the founder of Neo-Platonism, he was one of its precursors and he showed the path.

The essential character of Neo-Platonism comes out in its theory of the mystical exaltation of the subject to God.

In Neo-Platonism, therefore, ancient philosophy commits suicide.

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