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Commentary on the Platonic dialogue by Proclus. The daemon, self-knowledge, matter, and freedom from its constraints. Principles of Neoplatonic philosophy.
Proclus, one of the last great thinkers of Neoplatonic philosophy and 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 he was captivated by and became its 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 syncretistic chaos, he will synthesize the entire preceding Neoplatonic philosophical tradition into a unified and complex system, influenced by Pythagorean, Aristotelian, and Stoic elements. In his system, he will combine the one God, intelligible substances, and mental essences, magic, and various demonic beings, and in this form, he will pass it down to the scholastic Middle Ages.
His work is a key source for any student of Neoplatonic philosophy, as well as for Plato himself, whose work he often suggests original and extremely interesting interpretations. [Excerpt from a publisher's or edition's presentation text]
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- Soft
- Dimensions
- 13x21 cm
- Release Date
- 12/2005
- Publication Date
- 2005
Content
- Philosophical Movement/School
- Stoicism
- Reader Level
- Classic Texts
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