I think there are two many people in the politics and religion section that are blinded by the major religions, specifically Christianity and to a lesser extent Islam. Time to expand your mind a bit, this has some good truths in it. Neoplatonism (also Neo-Platonism) is the modern term for a school of religious and mystical philosophy that took shape in the 3rd century AD, based on the teachings of Plato and earlier Platonists.