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The culmination of Proclus's theological view, one of the foremost figures in Neoplatonism. An introduction examining Plato's general thoughts on the gods and their deeper meanings.
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. Born into 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 ultimately 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 Lykabettus. Living in an era of syncretic chaos, he would synthesize the entire earlier Neoplatonic philosophical tradition into a single and complex system influenced by Pythagorean, Aristotelian, and Stoic elements; in his system, he would combine the one god, the intelligible and the intellectual substances, magic, and various demonic beings, and in this form, he would pass it on to the scholastic Middle Ages.
His work is a key source for every scholar of Neoplatonic philosophy, as well as for Plato himself, whose original and extremely interesting interpretations he often proposes.
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Edition
- Cover
- Soft
- Number of Pages
- 326
- Dimensions
- 13x21 cm
- Release Date
- -
- Publication Date
- 1999
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- Reader Level
- Classic Texts
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