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The end of the preserved part of Proclus' commentary on Parmenides. The properties that the Platonic dialogue removes from the One.
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, Athens. There, he came into contact with the Athenian Neoplatonic Academy, which captivated him permanently 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 Lykabettos.
Living in a time of syncretic chaos, he would compose an entire complex system of the preceding Neoplatonic philosophical tradition, influenced by Pythagorean, Aristotelian, and Stoic elements; in his system, he would unite the one god, the intelligible and the intelligible substances, magic, and various beings of a demonic nature, and in this form, he would hand it down to the scholastic Middle Ages.
His work is a fundamental source for any student of Neoplatonic philosophy, as well as for Plato himself, whose interpretations he often proposes as original and extremely interesting.
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Edition
- Cover
- Soft
- Number of Pages
- 464
- Dimensions
- 13x21 cm
- Release Date
- 12/2007
- Publication Date
- 2007
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- Reader Level
- Classic Texts
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