ABSTRACT
There can be no doubt about the important influence of the Neoplatonists on Christian thinkers and theologians, an influence which continued long after the end of antiquity. As an introduction to the way in which Neoplatonism influenced Christian thought it is instructive to begin with two quite different individuals, Synesius, a Greek from the Eastern part of the Roman Empire, and Augustine, a Latin speaker from the West. Although both were bishops their concerns differed.
