“ His mind was the crucible in which the religion of the New Testament was most completely fused with the Platonic tradition of Greek philosophy, ” states The New Encyclopædia Britannica.
اعتقادات افلاطون‌گراهای‌نو از فلسفهٔ افلاطونی نشأت می‌گرفت که در قرن سوّم پلوتینوس آن را توسعه داده بود .‏