Creatively building on Plato’s ideas, Neoplatonism taught that ____created everything. According to its founder, Plotinus, each person is made up of physical matter and ______, which seeks to be reunited with the divine. People can achieve this reunion through_______, including fasting and other forms of self-inflicted physical hardship. This philosophy was a gateway to _________for educated Romans, as well as an influence on later religious practice.