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Summary of the key astronomical axioms and the theories that were developed based on these axioms in antiquity, with an emphasis on Ptolemy's theories.
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 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 Lykabettus. Living in an era of syncretic chaos, he would synthesize the entire pre-existing Neoplatonic philosophical tradition into a unified and complex system, influenced by Pythagorean, Aristotelian, and Stoic elements; in his system, he would condense the one god, the intelligible and intellectual substances, 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 and also of Plato himself, for whom he often proposes original and extremely interesting interpretations.
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- Soft
- Number of Pages
- 448
- Dimensions
- 13x21 cm
- Release Date
- 10/2006
- Publication Date
- 2006
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- Reader Level
- Classic Texts
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