Editing Plotinus (section)

=== Ancient world ===
The emperor [[Julian the Apostate]] was deeply influenced by neoplatonism,<ref>{{Cite book|title=Religious Competition in the Greco-Roman World|last=Dingeldein|first=Laura B.|publisher=SBL Press|year=2016|isbn=978-0884141587|editor-last=DesRosiers|editor-first=Nathaniel P.|location=Atlanta|pages=119–129|chapter=Julian's Philosophy and His Religious Program|editor-last2=Vuong|editor-first2=Lily C.}}</ref> as was [[Hypatia|Hypatia of Alexandria]].<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Hypatia|title=Hypatia|last=Michael A. B. Deakin|author-link=Michael A. B. Deakin|date=2018-02-22|encyclopedia=[[Encyclopædia Britannica]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180326144546/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Hypatia|archive-date=2018-03-26|language=en}}</ref> Neoplatonism influenced many Christians as well, including [[Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=W. R. Inge|author-link=W. R. Inge|date=April 1900|title=The Permanent Influence of Neoplatonism upon Christianity|jstor=3153114|journal=[[The American Journal of Theology]]|volume=4|issue=2|pages=328–344|doi=10.1086/477376}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Rhodes|first=Michael Craig|date=2014|title=Pseudo-Dionysius' concept of God|journal=International Journal of Philosophy and Theology|volume=75|issue=4|pages=306–318|doi=10.1080/21692327.2015.1011683|s2cid=170105090}}</ref> [[Augustine of Hippo|St. Augustine]], though often referred to as a "Platonist", acquired his Platonist philosophy through the mediation of the Neoplatonist teachings of Plotinus.<ref>{{Cite book|chapter-url=https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/win2016/entries/augustine/|title=The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy|last=Mendelson|first=Michael|date=2016|publisher=Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University|editor-last=[[Edward N. Zalta]]|edition=Winter 2016|location=Stanford|chapter=Saint Augustine}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Gersh|first=Stephen|date=2012|title=The First Principles of Latin Neoplatonism: Augustine, Macrobius, Boethius|jstor=41963885|journal=Vivarium|volume=50|issue=2|pages=113–117, 120–125, 130–132, 134–138|doi=10.1163/15685349-12341236}}</ref>