▁moral ▁and ▁religious ▁knowledge . ▁ ▁Ne o - Pl aton ism ▁ ▁Ne op lat on ism ▁arose ▁in ▁the ▁ 3 rd ▁century ▁CE ▁and ▁pers isted ▁until ▁shortly ▁after ▁the ▁closing ▁of ▁the ▁Plat onic ▁Academy ▁in ▁Ath ens ▁in ▁AD ▁ 5 2 9 ▁by ▁Justin ian ▁I . ▁Ne op lat on ists ▁were ▁heavily ▁influenced ▁by ▁Pl ato , ▁but ▁also ▁by ▁the ▁Plat onic ▁tradition ▁that ▁th riv ed ▁during ▁the ▁six ▁centuries ▁which ▁separated ▁the ▁first ▁of ▁the ▁Ne op lat on ists ▁from ▁Pl ato . ▁The ▁work ▁of ▁Ne op lat onic ▁philosophy ▁involved ▁describing ▁the ▁deriv ation ▁of ▁the ▁whole ▁of ▁reality ▁from ▁a ▁single ▁principle , ▁" the ▁One ." ▁It ▁was ▁founded ▁by ▁Plot inus , ▁and ▁has ▁been ▁very ▁influ ential ▁throughout ▁history . ▁In ▁the ▁Middle ▁A ges , ▁Ne op lat onic ▁ideas ▁were ▁integrated ▁into ▁the ▁philosoph ical ▁and ▁the ological ▁works ▁of ▁many ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁important ▁medieval ▁Islam ic , ▁Christian , ▁and ▁Jewish ▁think ers . ▁ ▁Renaissance ▁ ▁F ic ino ▁and ▁P ico ▁della ▁Mir and ola ▁Mars ilio ▁F ic ino ▁( 1 4 3 3 – 1 4 9 9 ) ▁believed ▁that ▁Herm es ▁Tr ism eg ist os , ▁the ▁supposed ▁author ▁of ▁the ▁Cor pus ▁Herm etic um , ▁was ▁a ▁contemporary ▁of ▁Moz es ▁and ▁the ▁teacher ▁of ▁P yth ag or as , ▁and ▁the ▁source ▁of ▁both ▁Greek ▁and ▁Jewish - Christ ian