Neoplatonism drew inspiration from a Greek philosopher and his tradition.
 The earliest Christian philosophers, such as Justin Martyr and Athenagoras of Athens, who attempted to connect Christianity with Platonism, and the Christian Gnostics of Alexandria, especially Valentinus and the followers of Basilides, also mirrored elements of Neoplatonism, albeit without its rigorous self-consistency
=== Hellenism ===Neoplatonism synthesized ideas from various philosophical and religious cultural spheres

