Neoplatonism

Neoplatonism is a modern term for the youngest school of ancient Platonism, which was one of the most important currents of Greek philosophy. Like all Platonists, the Neoplatonists referred to the teachings of Plato, which they partly interpreted in an idiosyncratic way. They usually also counted Aristotle among the Platonists, although he had contradicted his teacher Plato in many ways. Characteristic of Neoplatonism is the effort to interpret Plato's philosophy as a comprehensive metaphysical system. 

A fundamental element of Platonism is the sharp separation between the spiritual (intelligible) and the sensually perceptible world. The Platonists assume that the sensory world is an image of the spiritual world to which it owes its existence. In the spiritual world are the Platonic ideas. 

Plotinus is considered the creator of Neoplatonism, but he did not consider himself an innovator, but a faithful follower of Plato's teachings. Neoplatonists did not want to create a new philosophy, but only to correctly explain Plato's interpretation of the world and its consequences.