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The Consequences of Ideas

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Thales

2. Monism and Pluralism

Monism and Pluralism

3. Parmenides, Heraclitus, and Zeno

Parmenides, Heraclitus, and Zeno

Socrates

5. Plato (Part 1)

Plato (Part 1)

6. Plato (Part 2)

Plato (Part 2)

7. Aristotle (Part 1)

Aristotle (Part 1)

8. Aristotle (Part 2)

Aristotle (Part 2)

9. Plotinus and Neo-Platonism

Plotinus and Neo-Platonism

Augustine

Anselm

12. Aquinas (Part 1)

Aquinas (Part 1)

13. Aquinas (Part 2)

Aquinas (Part 2)

14. The Renaissance Revolution

The Renaissance Revolution

Descartes

16. Descartes and "Cause and Effect"

Descartes and "Cause and Effect"

Leibniz

Pascal

Locke

20. Crisis in the 18th Century (Part 1)

Crisis in the 18th Century (Part 1)

21. Crisis in the 18th Century (Part 2)

Crisis in the 18th Century (Part 2)

22. Berkeley and Empiricism

Berkeley and Empiricism

23. Hume (Part 1)

Hume (Part 1)

24. Hume (Part 2)

Hume (Part 2)

25. The Enlightenment (Part 1)

The Enlightenment (Part 1)

26. The Enlightenment (Part 2)

The Enlightenment (Part 2)

27. Kant (Part 1)

Kant (Part 1)

28. Kant (Part 2)

Kant (Part 2)

Hegel

Marx

31. Kierkegaard

Kierkegaard

Nietzsche

33. Sartre and Heidegger

Sartre and Heidegger

Russell

35. Modern Philosophers

Modern Philosophers

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Plotinus and Neo-Platonism

In Christian thought, we derive our being from the ultimate personal, rational, and volitional Being—God. But not everyone assumes that the God who exists is a being. Continuing this study on philosophy and its consequences in our lives, Dr. Sproul explains how the formless and non-being god of second century Neo-Platonism has reappeared in more modern times.

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