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The eschatological myth of the Republic. The messenger of Hades. The concept of revival. The journeys of souls. Types of life. Platonic symbols.
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, 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 Lycabettus.
Living in an era of syncretic chaos, he would synthesize into a unified and complex system the entire preceding Neoplatonic philosophical tradition, influenced by Pythagorean, Aristotelian, and Stoic elements; in his system, he would bring together the one God, the intelligible and mental subsistences, magic, and various daemonic beings, and in this form he would pass it on to the scholastic Middle Ages.
His work is a key source for any student of Neoplatonic philosophy, as well as for Plato himself, whose interpretations he often proposes in original and extremely interesting ways.
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Edition
- Cover
- Soft
- Number of Pages
- 296
- Dimensions
- 13x21 cm
- Release Date
- 5/2008
- Publication Date
- 2008
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- Reader Level
- Classic Texts
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