Plo|ti´nist

Plo|ti´nist
Plo|ti|nism «ploh TY nihz uhm, PLOH tuh-», noun.
the philosophical system or teachings of Plotinus (205?-270?), the most noted exponent of Neoplatonism, who held that the material world is unreal and reality lies beyond life in the union of the soul with the mystical source of all truth, goodness, and beauty.
Plo|ti´nist, noun.

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