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Gnosticism refers to a collection of religious groups originating in Jewish religiosity in Alexandria in the first few centuries AD.[1] Neoplatonism is a school of Hellenistic philosophy that took shape in the 3rd century, based on the teachings of Plato and some of his early followers. While Gnosticism was influenced by Middle Platonism, neoplatonists from the third century onward rejected Gnosticism. Nevertheless, Alexander J. Mazur argues that many neoplatonic concepts and ideas are ultimately derived from Sethian Gnosticism during the third century in Lower Egypt, and that Plotinus himself may have been a Gnostic before nominally distancing himself from the movement.[2]
- ^ Filoramo, Giovanni (1990). A History of Gnosticism. Blackwell. pp. 142-7
- ^ Mazur, Alexander J. (2021). The Platonizing Sethian background of Plotinus's mysticism. Leiden: Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-44171-2. OCLC 1202732742.
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