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Formulation and discussion of ten questions regarding Providence (which is the knowledge `before the mind` and the primary action of the gods). A work of particular significance, as in this, Proclus presents his personal views and does not annotate other philosophers.
Proclus, one of the last great thinkers of Neoplatonic philosophy and of ancient Greek philosophical thought in general, was born in Constantinople on February 8, 412 AD. Coming from a wealthy family from Lycia, he studied at the best educational centers of his time, Alexandria, Constantinople, and Athens.
There, he came into contact with the Athenian Neoplatonic Academy, which captivated him completely, and he became its director after the death of his teacher, Syrianus. He died in Athens on April 17, 485 AD and was buried near Lykavitos.
Living in a time of syncretistic chaos, he would synthesize the entire preceding Neoplatonic philosophical tradition into a unified and complex system, influenced by Pythagorean, Aristotelian, and Stoic elements. In his system, he would combine the one god, the intelligible and the mental substances, magic, and various beings of a demonic nature, and in this form, he passed it on to the Scholastic Middle Ages.
His work is a key source for any scholar of Neoplatonic philosophy, as well as for Plato himself, whose original and extremely interesting interpretations he often proposes.
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- Author
- Proklos
- Publisher
- Ekdoseis Kaktos
- Subtitle
- Concerning the ten complaints to Providence
- Language
- Greek
- ISBN-13
- 9789603527282
Edition
- Cover
- Soft
- Number of Pages
- 480
- Dimensions
- 13x21 cm
- Release Date
- 5/2008
- Publication Date
- 2008
Content
- Philosophical Movement/School
- Stoicism
- Reader Level
- Classic Texts
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