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The issues and propositions put forward for proof by Euclid. Commentary on them by Proclus.
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. A scion of 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 of which he became the director after the death of his teacher, Syrianus.
He died in Athens on April 17, 485 AD, and was buried near Lycabettus. Living in a time of syncretic chaos, he will synthesize the entire previous Neoplatonic philosophical tradition into a unified and complex system, influenced by Pythagorean, Aristotelian, and Stoic elements. In his system, he will bring together the one god, the intelligible and intellectual substances, magic, and various beings of a demonic nature, and in this form, he will pass 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, for whom he often proposes original and extremely interesting interpretations.
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- Author
- Proklos
- Publisher
- Ekdoseis Kaktos
- Subtitle
- Euclid's First Elements (Issues A)
- Language
- Greek
- ISBN-13
- 9789603527268
Edition
- Cover
- Soft
- Number of Pages
- 344
- Dimensions
- 13x21 cm
- Release Date
- 2/2008
- Publication Date
- 2008
Content
- Philosophical Movement/School
- Stoicism
- Reader Level
- Classic Texts
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