This article is about Proclus Diadochus, the Neoplatonist philosopher. For other people named Proclus, see Proclus (disambiguation).
Proclus Lycius
The beginning of the first Latin edition of Proclus' Commentary on Euclid's Elements
Born
412
Constantinople, Thracia, Eastern Roman Empire
Died
485 (aged 72–73)
Athens, Achaea, Eastern Roman Empire
Other names
"The Successor"
Era
Ancient philosophy
Region
Western philosophy
School
Neoplatonism
Main interests
Metaphysics
Notable ideas
Platonic theology
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Proclus Lycius (/ˈprɒkləslaɪˈsiəs/; 8 February 412 – 17 April 485), called Proclus the Successor (Greek: Πρόκλος ὁ Διάδοχος, Próklos ho Diádokhos), was a Greek Neoplatonist philosopher, one of the last major classical philosophers of late antiquity. He set forth one of the most elaborate and fully developed systems of Neoplatonism and, through later interpreters and translators, exerted an influence on Byzantine philosophy, Early Islamic philosophy, Scholastic philosophy, and German Idealism, especially G.W.F. Hegel, who called Proclus's Platonic Theology "the true turning point or transition from ancient to modern times, from ancient philosophy to Christianity."[1]
^Proclus; Plato; Morrow, Glenn R.; Dillon, John M.; Proclus; Proclus (1992). Proclus' commentary on Plato's Parmenides (1. Princeton paperback print., with corr ed.). Princeton, NJ: Princeton Univ. Pr. p. 466. ISBN 978-0-691-02089-1.
Proclus Lycius (/ˈprɒkləs laɪˈsiəs/; 8 February 412 – 17 April 485), called Proclus the Successor (Greek: Πρόκλος ὁ Διάδοχος, Próklos ho Diádokhos), was...
contravention of canon law, so Proclus remained at Constantinople as titular bishop. Under Sissinius' patronage, Proclus became increasingly famous as...
3rd century AD. It is probably this Proclus who is mentioned by Proclus Diadochus. Suda, Proklos π 2470 Proclus, in Timaeus, 166 This article incorporates...
omens had foretold Domitian's death. The Germanic soothsayer Larginus Proclus predicted the date of Domitian's death and was consequently sentenced to...
"postulate" derives from the choice of Proclus to do so in his highly influential commentary on the Elements. Proclus also substituted the term "hypothesis"...
Proclus or Proklos (Greek: Πρόκλος) was surnamed Oneirocrites (Ὀνειροκρίτης, "judge of dreams"), according to some authorities. He predicted the death...
are coplanar with the original line, then it also intersects the other. (Proclus' axiom) However, the alternatives which employ the word "parallel" cease...
widely accepted theory is that the commentary is instead by Proclus Diadochus. "Proclus". Suda On Line Search. Translated by Allen, Ronald. 13 November...
"Proclus." This is known from evidence provided by the later scholar Photius, mentioned above. Photius provides sufficient information about Proclus'...
Eutychius Proclus (Ancient Greek: Εὐτύχιος Πρόκλος, Eutychios Proklos, or Tuticius Proculus in some sources) was a grammarian who flourished in the 2nd...
drawing auxiliary lines to these extensions. But, as Euclid's commentator Proclus points out, Euclid never uses the second conclusion and his proof can be...
citations of Dionysius predating Proclus by writers such as Dionysius of Alexandria and Gregory Nazianzus. Even Proclus himself appears to cite an external...
Neoptolemus, while Proclus, Chrestomathy 3, Little Iliad says Diomedes alone. Philoctetes was cured by a son of Asclepius, either Machaon, (Proclus, Chrestomathy...
Proclus or Proklos (Greek: Πρόκλος; 1st century AD), probably a native of Rhegium in Magna Graecia, was a physician among the Bruttii in Italy. He belonged...
88–90; Proclus, in Plato's Republic 2.74.26–75.12 [= Orphic fr. 320 II Bernabé (I pp. 262–3) = fr. 140 Kern. Chrysanthou, pp. 96–7; Proclus, in Plato's...
(1963). Proclus: The Elements of Theology. A revised text with translation, introduction, and commentary (2nd ed.). Griffin, Michael (2012). "Proclus on Place...
Palestine. He was a student of Proclus in Athens. His surviving works are an introduction to Euclid's Data; a Life of Proclus, and two astronomical texts...
straight line may be drawn through the point parallel to the given line. Proclus' axiom: If a line intersects one of two parallel lines, it must intersect...
vision of a sage by the name of Proclus, giving lectures in a language unknown to Verch. When Guthrie told Verch about Proclus and his works, Mr. Verch begged...
of achieving henosis (uniting with the divine) and perfecting oneself. Proclus (c. 480): theurgy is "a power higher than all human wisdom embracing the...
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