Editing Ancient Greek philosophy (section)

==== Neoplatonism ====
{{Main|Neoplatonism}}
Also affected by the neopythagoreans, the [[Neoplatonism|neoplatonists]], first of them [[Plotinus]], argued that mind exists before matter, and that the universe has a singular cause which must therefore be a single mind.{{sfn|Grayling|2019|p=124}} As such, neoplatonism became essentially a [[religion]], and had great impact on [[Neoplatonism and Gnosticism|Gnosticism]] and [[Neoplatonism and Christianity|Christian theology]].{{sfn|Grayling|2019|p=124}}