An Overview of Platonism

This article provides an overview of Platonism. We discuss how Platonism developed and evolved over a period of centuries, the philosophers who helped in its formation and, what were their beliefs. We intend to provide the readers with key insights into the evolution of pre-Islamic Greek philosophy that continued to play a part in forming theological perspectives of many philosophers. We further discuss the role of prominent Muslim theologians/Sufi Shuyookh such as Al-Ghazali, who paved the distinction between teachings of Islam and ancient philosophies, clarifying that Islamic theology is distinctly different from that of ancient Greek philosophies.