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5th-century Greek Neoplatonist philosopher
Proclus Lycius (/ˈprɒkləs laɪˈsiːəs/; 8 February 412 CE – 17 April 485 CE), called Proclus the Successor (Ancient Greek: Πρόκλος ὁ Διάδοχος, Próklos ho
Proclus
Archbishop of Constantinople from 434 to 446
contravention of canon law, so Proclus remained at Constantinople as titular bishop. Under Sissinius' patronage, Proclus became increasingly famous as
Proclus_of_Constantinople
Topics referred to by the same term
Proclus was a 5th-century Greek Neoplatonic philosopher. Proclus may also refer to: Proclus of Constantinople, 5th-century saint Eutychius Proclus, 2nd-century
Proclus_(disambiguation)
Proclus, Proklos (Greek: Πρόκλος), or Proculus is the name of a follower of Montanus in antiquity. He probably lived in the 2nd century AD. The sect called
Proclus_(Montanist)
Ancient Greek Stoic philosopher
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
Proclus_Mallotes
Roman emperor from AD 81 to 96
Domitian (/dəˈmɪʃən, -iən/ də-MISH-ən, -ee-ən; Latin: Domitianus; 24 October 51 – 18 September 96) was Roman emperor from 81 to 96. As the son of Vespasian
Domitian
accepted theory is that the commentary is instead by Proclus Diadochus. Proculeia gens "Proclus". Suda On Line Search. Translated by Allen, Ronald. 13
Proclus_of_Laodicea
Ancient Greek mathematician (fl. 300 BC)
"postulate" derives from the choice of Proclus to do so in his highly influential commentary on the Elements. Proclus also substituted the term "hypothesis"
Euclid
Proclus or Proklos (Greek: Πρόκλος) was surnamed Oneirocrites (Ὀνειροκρίτης, 'judge of dreams'), according to some authorities. He predicted the death
Proclus_Oneirocrites
Artist in the time of Augustus
Proclus or Proklos (Greek: Πρόκλος) is the name of one of the eminent artists in mosaic who flourished in the Augustan Age. He was revered for his work
Proclus_(mosaicist)
History of the Trojan War told in poems
"Proclus." This is known from evidence provided by the later scholar Photius, mentioned above. Photius provides sufficient information about Proclus'
Epic_Cycle
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
Proclus_of_Rhegium
2nd-century Greek grammarian and writer
Eutychius Proclus (Ancient Greek: Εὐτύχιος Πρόκλος, Eutychios Proklos, or Tuticius Proculus in some sources) was a grammarian who flourished in the 2nd
Eutychius_Proclus
5th century Neoplatonic philosopher
Secunda. 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
Marinus_of_Neapolis
Scottish-born American philosopher and writer (1871–1940)
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
Kenneth_Sylvan_Guthrie
Personification of the upper sky in Greek mythology
p. 74 Dindorf], 66 [= Proclus, Commentary on Plato's Republic 2.138.8 Kroll], 70 [= Damascius, De principiis 55], 72 [= Proclus, Commentary on Plato's
Aether_(mythology)
Figure-eight-shaped curve
shape can be traced back to Proclus, a Greek Neoplatonist philosopher and mathematician who lived in the 5th century AD. Proclus considered the cross-sections
Lemniscate
Legendary war in Greek mythology
Neoptolemus, while Proclus, Chrestomathy 3, Little Iliad says Diomedes alone. Philoctetes was cured by a son of Asclepius, either Machaon, (Proclus, Chrestomathy
Trojan_War
Philosophical concept of a most basic substance, or supreme being
indivisible origin and equivalent comparators. In the Neoplatonic metaphysics of Proclus, reality is organized in a fractal-like structure, where the role of the
Monad_(philosophy)
Italian Dominican friar and philosopher (1225–1274)
Philosophical commentaries – eleven on Aristotle, and two each on Boethius and Proclus. Lesser tracts, including polemic writings, letters, expert opinions, homilies
Thomas_Aquinas
Sculpture by Michelangelo
The statue of Saint Proculus (or Saint Proclus; 1494–1495) was created by Michelangelo out of marble. Its height is 58.5 cm. It is situated in the Basilica
Saint_Proculus_(Michelangelo)
Geometric axiom
are coplanar with the original line, then it also intersects the other. (Proclus' axiom) However, the alternatives which employ the word "parallel" cease
Parallel_postulate
Ancient Greek philosopher (c. 428-347 BC)
students Origen Porphyry Iamblichus Julian Plutarch of Athens Syrianus Proclus Ammonius Hermiae Damascius Simplicius more... Second Sophistic Nicetes
Plato
French historian of religion (1898–1982)
philologist, and expert on Neoplatonism, and in particular the works of Proclus. He is also notable for his translation of the works attributed to Hermes
André-Jean_Festugière
Philosophical system
Academy was re-established during this period; its most renowned head was Proclus (died 485), a celebrated commentator on Plato's writings. The academy persisted
Platonism
Geometric theorem about isosceles triangles
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
Pons_asinorum
English translator and Neoplatonist (1758–1835)
books of Proclus on the Parmenides of Plato (article) Biblical Criticism (article) The Fragments that remain of the Lost Writings of Proclus 1829 Corruption
Thomas_Taylor_(Neoplatonist)
Crater on the Moon
philosopher Proclus. It lies to the south of the prominent, terraced crater Macrobius, and west-northwest of the lava-flooded Yerkes. The rim of Proclus is distinctly
Proclus_(crater)
Magic used to invoke divine presence
of achieving henosis (uniting with the divine) and perfecting oneself. Proclus (c. 480): theurgy is "a power higher than all human wisdom embracing the
Theurgy
Link between body and soul in Neoplatonism
(1963). Proclus: The Elements of Theology. A revised text with translation, introduction, and commentary (2nd ed.). Griffin, Michael (2012). "Proclus on Place
Okhema
Species of butterfly
Mpumalanga, Limpopo, North West and Northern Cape) Lepidochrysops plebeja proclus (Hulstaert, 1924) Lepidochrysops at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some
Lepidochrysops_plebeja
Platonic philosophical system
theologian Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) had direct access to the works of Proclus, Simplicius of Cilicia, and Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite, and he knew
Neoplatonism
Work by Proclus
by Aristotle, but was actually based upon Proclus' work. William of Moerbeke's Latin translations of Proclus' works were not widely read in the Middle
Elements_of_Theology
Daughters of Hephaestus and Aglaia in Greek myths
philosopher Proclus, the four daughters of Hephaestus and Aglaia: ... who render the corporeal-formed nature decorated with beauty. — Proclus; translation
Eucleia, Euthenia, Eupheme, and Philophrosyne
Eucleia,_Euthenia,_Eupheme,_and_Philophrosyne
Ancient Greek philosopher (c. 626 – c. 545 BC)
Proclus, who lived a thousand years afterward but is believed to have had a copy of Eudemus's lost book History of Geometry (4th century BC). Proclus
Thales_of_Miletus
Medieval Christian hierarchy of living beings
derived from Plato, Aristotle (in his Historia Animalium), Plotinus and Proclus. Further developed during the Middle Ages, it reached full expression in
Great_chain_of_being
9th century Arabic philosophical work
Neoplatonic philosopher Proclus. This was first noticed by Thomas Aquinas, following William of Moerbeke's translation of Proclus' work into Latin.[citation
Liber_de_causis
Roman goddess of hunting and the wild
harmonizing it. Within this system, Proclus considered Diana to be one of the primary animating, or life-giving, deities. Proclus, citing Orphic tradition, concludes
Diana_(mythology)
5th-century Greek Neoplatonic philosopher
in 431/432 AD. He is important as the teacher of Proclus, and, like Plutarch of Athens and Proclus, as a commentator on Plato and Aristotle. His best-known
Syrianus
Christian apophatic theologian
upon Proclus. Both showed that Dionysius had used, in his treatise on evil in Chapter 4 of The Divine Names, the De malorum subsistentia of Proclus. Dionysius'
Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite
Pseudo-Dionysius_the_Areopagite
Illustration of Aristotle's theory of categorisation
(Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1966). Martin, John N. (2001). "Proclus and the Neoplatonic Syllogistic". Journal of Philosophical Logic, 30:3
Porphyrian_tree
Philosopher and mystic
Plato and Aristotle under her father. According to Marinus' Life of Proclus, Proclus, who would later go on to be the head of the Athenian academy, studied
Asclepigenia
Philosophical treatise of Macrobius
People Plotinus (students) Porphyry Iamblichus Julian the Apostate Syrianus Proclus Ammonius Hermiae Damascius Simplicius of Cilicia Olympiodorus the Younger
Commentarii in Somnium Scipionis
Commentarii_in_Somnium_Scipionis
Roman statesman
from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "PROCLUS (Πρόκλος), historical.". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology
Proculus (prefect of Constantinople)
Proculus_(prefect_of_Constantinople)
Spiritual and philosophical texts used by Neoplatonist philosophers
Theurgist in the 2nd century CE. Later Neoplatonists, such as Iamblichus and Proclus, rated them highly. The 4th-century emperor Julian (not to be confused
Chaldean_Oracles
Apostle of Jesus
burial in Saint Peter's tomb nearby. Caius in his Disputation Against Proclus (AD 198), preserved in part by Eusebius, relates this of the places in
Saint_Peter
Lost sequel to the Odyssey
known from surviving summaries by later authors, most notably Eutychius Proclus. The poem comprised two books of verse in dactylic hexameter. In Antiquity
Telegony
Educative center founded by Plato
which Proclus eventually inherited from Plutarch and Syrianus. The heads of the Neoplatonic Academy were Plutarch of Athens, Syrianus, Proclus, Marinus
Platonic_Academy
Greek philosopher (c. 495 – c. 430 BC)
book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help) Proclus; Morrow, Glenn R.; Dillon, John M. (1992) [1987]. Proclus' Commentary on Plato's Parmenides. Princeton
Zeno_of_Elea
Quasi material aspect of the human body
the Seven Heavens of the classical planets. Neoplatonists Porphyry and Proclus elaborated on Plato's description of the starry nature of the human psyche
Subtle_body
Book by Marsilio Ficino
work was also meant to compete with the ancient Platonic Theology of Proclus. Proclus was widely available to Western scholars via the thirteenth-century
Platonic_Theology_(Ficino)
Ancient Egyptian goddess
Sons. Retrieved 11 November 2023. Taylor, Thomas (1820). Proclus: The Commentaries of Proclus on the Timaeus of Plato, in Five Books. A.J. Valpy. p. 82
Neith
Work by Thomas Aquinas (c.1272)
expressed by Proclus than by the work's author, what has been attributed either to the low-quality translation of the Liber used or simply to Proclus' philosophical
Commentary on the Book of Causes (Aquinas)
Commentary_on_the_Book_of_Causes_(Aquinas)
Builders of the physical realm that serve the demiurge
names given by the Platonist Harpocration to the "Second God" of Numenius (Proclus in Tim. 93 C). For all the series of the ruling Gods (θεοὶ ἄρχοντες), are
Archon_(Gnosticism)
Lost Greek epic
Chrestomathy attributed to an unknown Proclus (possibly to be identified with the 2nd-century AD grammarian Eutychius Proclus). Fewer than ten other references
Aethiopis
Chaldean Herkate, a goddess described in the Chaldean Oracles
analysis of Proclus’ Cratylus commentary and Platonic Theology, van den Berg clearly shows that for the Chaldean Oracles and for Proclus, Chaldean Hekate
Chaldean_Hekate
Neoplatonist philosopher and mystic (c. 245 – c. 325)
objects of thought) and intellective (the domain of thought). Iamblichus and Proclus may have introduced a third sphere between the two worlds, separating and
Iamblichus
Greek philosopher
succession to Marinus, who followed Proclus. Isidore was born in Alexandria. In Athens, he studied under Proclus, and learned the doctrine of Aristotle
Isidore_of_Alexandria
Fictional island in Plato's works
to be historical fact. His work, a commentary on Timaeus, is lost, but Proclus, a Neoplatonist of the fifth century AD, reports on it. The passage in
Atlantis
Topics referred to by the same term
Hebdomad, a term used by Neoplatonist philosophers such as Iamblichus and Proclus in reference to the intellect The Hebdomad, the seven world-creating archons
Hebdomad
Australian philosopher
ISBN 9789004270695 Baltzly D, Proclus on Time and the Stars, Cambridge University Press, 2013 ISBN 9780521846585 Baltzly D, Proclus: commentary on Plato's Timaeus
Dirk_Baltzly
4th-century BC Greek mathematician
his History of Geometry, where scholars presume Proclus received the source of this summary. Proclus. A Commentary on the First Book of Euclid’s Elements
Theudius
Concept in metaphysics
flourishing in the 3rd century CE through philosophers like Plotinus and Proclus, proposed a hierarchical structure of existence with the World Soul acting
Anima_mundi
Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite, who was influenced by later Neoplatonists such as Proclus and Damascius, became a critical work on which Greek church fathers based
Neoplatonism_and_Christianity
it. This changed in the fifth century with the Neoplatonist philosopher Proclus. His exposition of the Almagest displayed, unlike his predecessors, a detailed
Ancient_Greek_astronomy
Charlton 2005 Philoponus Against Proclus on the Eternity of the World 1-5 M. Share 2005 Philoponus Against Proclus on the Eternity of the World 6-8 M
Ancient Commentators on Aristotle project
Ancient_Commentators_on_Aristotle_project
Liberal arts of arithmetic, geometry, music and astronomy
quadrivium was not used until Boethius, early in the sixth century. As Proclus wrote: The Pythagoreans considered all mathematical science to be divided
Quadrivium
Figure in Greek mythology
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
Zagreus
Ancient Greek philosopher (c. 470–399 BC)
students Origen Porphyry Iamblichus Julian Plutarch of Athens Syrianus Proclus Ammonius Hermiae Damascius Simplicius more... Second Sophistic Nicetes
Socrates
Greek bishop and saint
Corpus Dionysiacum depended on the works of the 5th-century Neoplatonist Proclus, establishing its composition in the 5th to 6th century. Hilduin’s 9th-century
Dionysius_the_Areopagite
5th-century BCE Greek mathematician and astronomer
also named Oenopides contributed this methodology, and Proclus failed to see the distinction. Proclus relates that Oenopides was the first to investigate
Oenopides
Neoplatonic philosopher and theologian (died after 1361)
Reading Proclus and the Book of Causes Volume 1: Western Scholarly Networks and Debates. Leiden: Brill. p. 399. King, Evan (2019). Reading Proclus and the
Berthold_of_Moosburg
Ancient Greek poet
Chrestomathy ascribed (probably wrongly) to Proclus the Neo-Platonist of the 5th century AD. Although Proclus' work is also mostly lost, an excerpt describing
Arctinus_of_Miletus
Set of ancient Greek and Hellenistic religious beliefs
philosophers took the Orphic origin of Pythagorean teachings at face value. Proclus wrote: all that Orpheus transmitted through secret discourses connected
Orphism
Story from Greek mythology
the Learned 12. 2 (trans. Yonge) (Greek rhetoric, 2nd to 3rd AD) Psudeo-Proclus, Cypria (Hesiod the Homeric Hymns and Homerica trans. Evelyn-White pp. 488–91)
Judgement_of_Paris
Way of describing the divine by explaining what God is not
speculations about the nature of the One, culminating in the works of Proclus. Carabine writes that there are two major points in the development of
Apophatic_theology
6th-century Greek Neoplatonic philosopher
Alexandria, as Agapius of Athens and Severianus of Damascus, students of Proclus' Neoplatonic school in Athens, also studied in Neoplatonic schools in Alexandria
Damascius
Syriac philosopher and physician (943–1008)
translations include Aristotle's History of Animals and Sophistici elenchi and Proclus' commentary on Plato's Phaedo. He also translated a commentary by Nicolaus
Ibn_Zur'a
Ancient highway reorganized and rebuilt in the Achaemenid Empire
"ABOUT that motto". Postal Facts - U.S. Postal Service. July 2025. Proclus, p. 57 Proclus (1873). "Prologus II. G.19/20 B.∥39". Commentary on Euclid's Elements
Royal_Road
Christian monk, theologian, scholar and saint (580–662)
commentators on Aristotle and Plato, like Plotinus, Porphyry, Iamblichus, and Proclus. When one of his friends began espousing the Christological position known
Maximus_the_Confessor
Aristotle; Two expositions of works by Boethius; Two expositions of works by Proclus Lesser tractates and disputations Five polemical works; Five expert opinions
List of works by Thomas Aquinas
List_of_works_by_Thomas_Aquinas
Angel in Abrahamic religions
Daniel, it has also been translated as "man of God" or "man of El".[why?] Proclus of Constantinople, in his Homily 1, stated that the meaning of Gabriel's
Gabriel
Minor goddess in Greek mythology, personification of deceit
the goddess of truth.[citation needed] Neoplatonic philosophers such as Proclus and Plotinus discuss Eros and Aphrodite in the sense that deception (Apate)
Apate
Theosophic-theurgic tractate attributed to Iamblichus
ascribed to the byzantine writer Michael Psellos by Martin Sicherl [de], Proclus stated in his commentary on Plotinus' Enneads that the author of the treatise
Reply_to_Porphyry
Proclus or Proklos (Greek: Πρόκλος) was a teacher of rhetoric and a native of Naucratis in Hellenistic Egypt. He lived in the 2nd century AD. He was a
Proclus_of_Naucratis
Name list
mythology William Smith, Ed., Proclus Ammianus Marcellinus, Rerum Gestarum John C. Rolfe, Ph.D., Litt.D., Ed. Marinus, Life of Proclus, 8-9 This page or section
Leonas
Roman-era philosopher
philosopher who lived in the second half of the 5th century. He studied under Proclus in Athens, but eventually moved to Aphrodisias, where he maintained a philosophy
Asclepiodotus_of_Alexandria
Literary device
Philo's allegorical commentaries on the Bible, was amazingly natural for Proclus, whose writings and commentaries represent the last phases of late antique
Allegory
Georgian philosopher
Empire and the Kingdom of Georgia, he is best known for his translations of Proclus, along with an extensive commentary. The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Ioane_Petritsi
Fundamental result in geometry
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
Sum_of_angles_of_a_triangle
Memorial site in Vatican City
writer who lived during the time of Pope Zephyrinus. In a debate with Proclus, a leader of the Phrygian heresy, Caius claims he can show the burial places
Saint_Peter's_tomb
Christian exonym for non-Christian religious groups
established the survival strategies that would be inherited by Byzantium: Proclus (412–485) and Damascius (458–538): As the successive heads of the Athenian
Paganism
German classical scholar (1793–1861)
exegesis. A separate edition of the Parmenides (1839), with the commentary of Proclus, deserves mention. Stallbaum also edited the commentaries of Eustathius
Johann_Gottfried_Stallbaum
Grace in Greek mythology
Hephaestus. According to the fifth-century AD Greek Neoplatonist philosopher Proclus, by Hephaestus, Aglaea became the mother of Eucleia, Euthenia, Eupheme
Aglaia_(Grace)
Greek mythological hero
Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca, Epitome 3.31 Ovid, Metamorphoses 12.139–145 "Proclus' Summary of the Cypria". Stoa.org. Archived from the original on 9 October
Achilles
90° angle (π/2 radians)
right angle as a unit to measure other angles with. Euclid's commentator Proclus gave a proof of this postulate using the previous postulates, but it may
Right_angle
Greek philosopher (c. 350 – 430 AD)
disciples were Syrianus, who succeeded him as head of the school, and Proclus. Plutarch's main principle was that the study of Aristotle must precede
Plutarch_of_Athens
Ancient Greek poet
Chisholm 1911. Proclus. Chrestomathy, ii. Spelman, Henry (2016), "Sappho 44: Trojan Myth and Literary History", Mnemosyne: 7 Proclus. Chrestomathy, ii
Lesches
1841 essay by Ralph Waldo Emerson
philosophical canon (e.g., in the works of Plato, Plutarch, Plotinus, Proclus—all of whose writings Emerson read extensively throughout his career) and
The_Over-Soul
Earth, water, air, fire, and (later) aether
Lucas (1986). Proclus on the Elements and the Celestial Bodies: Physical Thought in Late Neoplatonism (PDF) (Thesis). p. 168. Proclus, Commentary on
Classical_element
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