A community-maintained tertiary reference on Neoplatonism, directly examined. Its strength is naming theurgy as a specific ritual mechanism rather than a vague mysticism and dating its last major hymnist, Proclus; its limit is a Wikipedia community article rather than a Neoplatonism studies monograph, which is why it sits at reliability tier three.
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Reliability Tier3
Bare Wikipedia community article, tier 3, matching this corpus's settled precedent for this source class. NotesWikipedia's article on Neoplatonism, consulted 2026-08-13. Useful here for its description of theurgy, literally divine-working, as the rites the embodied soul performs to return to divinity, and its statement that the world is peopled by a crowd of superhuman beings, accessible to prayers and offerings, and for Proclus Lycaeus's dates, February 8, 412 to April 17, 485.
Citation
AuthorWikipedia contributors
PublisherWikipedia
Publication Year2026
URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neoplatonism
Source Typereference
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This source names Neoplatonism directly: "tertiary reference on Neoplatonism, directly examined."
This source names Proclus directly: "and dating its last major hymnist, Proclus; its limit is a Wikipedia community article rather than a Neoplatonism studies monograph, which is why it sits at reliability tier three."
Claims Backed By This Source (15 claims)
This source backs 15 claims across the atlas. As facts: 11 well-attested. As cited relationships: 2 holds. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Sources, 10 claims: 8 well-attested, 2 holds.
- Prayers, 5 claims: 3 well-attested, 2 general references.
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