Neoplatonism is a tradition of Platonic philosophy.
 After Plotinus there were three distinct periods in the history of neoplatonism: the work of his student Porphyry (3rd to early 4th century); that of Iamblichus (3rd to 4th century); and the period in the 5th and 6th centuries, when the Academies in Alexandria and Athens flourished
== Origins and history of classical Neoplatonism ==Neoplatonism started with Plotinus in the 3rd century AD

