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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. He came from a wealthy family from Lycia and studied at the best educational centers of his time, Alexandria, Constantinople, and Athens.
There he came into contact with the Athenian Neoplatonic Academy, which completely captivated him 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 an era of syncretic 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 gather the one god, the intelligible and the intellectual hypostases, magic, and various beings of a demonic nature, and in this form, he would pass it on to the scholastic Middle Ages. His work is a fundamental source for any scholar of Neoplatonic philosophy, but also for Plato himself, whose original and extremely interesting interpretations he often suggests.
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- Soft
- Number of Pages
- 400
- Dimensions
- 13x21 cm
- Release Date
- 10/2006
- Publication Date
- 2006
Content
- Philosophical Movement/School
- Stoicism
- Reader Level
- Classic Texts
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