Greek philosophy, mystical cosmology, Platonic idealism
Plato
428 BCE – 348 BCE
Plato was an Athenian philosopher whose Theory of Forms, cosmological dialogues such as the Timaeus, and conception of divine transcendence became the bedrock of Western mystical and esoteric thought. His work directly inspired Neoplatonism and, through it, the entire tradition of Christian, Jewish, and Islamic mysticism as well as Renaissance Hermeticism.
philosophical contemplationContemplationPlatonismNeoplatonismmeditation and contemplationPhilosophyadvanced metaphysicsAncient Greek philosophyNeoplatonic philosophyMystical philosophyNeo-Platonismesoteric symbolism
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