Simplicius of Cilicia

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Simplicius of Cilicia was a 6th-century Neoplatonist philosopher and commentator whose detailed exegeses on Aristotle and Presocratic thinkers, including Parmenides, are key sources for ancient Greek philosophy.

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Simplicius of Cilicia canonical 6
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Predicate Object
instanceOf Greek philosopher
Neoplatonist philosopher
commentator on Aristotle
late antique philosopher
activeInCentury 6th century
associatedWith Athenian philosophical school closed by Justinian I
birthPlace Cilicia
countryOfOrigin Byzantine Empire
defended harmony of Plato and Aristotle
educatedAt Neoplatonism
surface form: Neoplatonic school of Athens
era Late Antiquity
gender male
influenced Byzantine philosophers
Islamic philosophers
Renaissance Aristotelians
medieval Aristotelian commentators
influencedBy Aristotle
Iamblichus of Chalcis
surface form: Iamblichus

Plato
Plotinus
Proclus
knownFor commentaries on Aristotle
detailed exegetical method
preservation of Presocratic fragments
language Ancient Greek
mainInterest Aristotelian philosophy
Presocratic philosophy
metaphysics
natural philosophy
movement Neoplatonism
notableWork Commentary on Aristotle's Categories
Commentary on Aristotle's De Caelo
Commentary on Aristotle's Physics
Commentary on Epictetus' Enchiridion
opposed Christian interpretations of Aristotle
philosophicalSchool Athenian Neoplatonic school
philosophicalTradition Platonic-Aristotelian synthesis
possiblyDiedIn 7th century
religion paganism
sourceFor fragments of Anaxagoras
Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker
surface form: fragments of Empedocles

fragments of Melissus of Samos
fragments of Parmenides
Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker
surface form: fragments of Zeno of Elea
studentOf Ammonius Hermiae
Damascius
wroteCommentaryOn Aristotle's writings
surface form: Aristotle's Categories

Aristotle's writings
surface form: Aristotle's De Anima (partly preserved)

Aristotle’s On the Heavens
surface form: Aristotle's De Caelo

Aristotelian physics
surface form: Aristotle's Physics

Enchiridion
surface form: Epictetus' Enchiridion

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Parmenides discussedBy Simplicius of Cilicia
Anaximenes of Miletus knownFrom Simplicius of Cilicia
this entity surface form: Simplicius
Simplicio linkedToHistoricalFigure Simplicius of Cilicia
Melissus of Samos mentionedBy Simplicius of Cilicia
Enchiridion hasCommentariesBy Simplicius of Cilicia
Eudemus of Rhodes influenced Simplicius of Cilicia
Eudemus of Rhodes citedBy Simplicius of Cilicia