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Platonism, with its account of the universe’s creation by a divine craftsman, the Demiurge, could be invoked to support this view—indeed, the idea of microcosm and macrocosm derived from neo-Platonism; but even Aristotelian philosophy, which held the universe to be eternal, assumed that human beings have all the faculties required to understand the universe.

The claim that Copernicus was influenced by neo-Platonism has been contested: Rosen, ‘Was Copernicus a Neoplatonist?’

In the silence of proof-reading, a question would float out: “Neo-platonism?”

I like Christianity, you’re into neo-Platonism.

Coming at the end of the Renaissance, a period known for the development of scientific inquiry, humanism, neo-Platonism and other forms of thought that would lead toward a more secular world, Vanni’s map is striking.