Proclus

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Neoplatonist philosopher commentator on Plato late antique philosopher

Proclus was a prominent 5th-century Neoplatonist philosopher best known for his systematic commentaries on Plato and for shaping later pagan and Christian metaphysical thought.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Proclus canonical 19
Proclus Lycaeus 1
Proclus the Successor 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Neoplatonist philosopher ⓘ
commentator on Plato ⓘ
late antique philosopher ⓘ
alternateName Proclus ⓘ
surface form: Proclus the Successor
birthPlace Constantinople (probable) ⓘ
surface form: Constantinople
birthYear 412 ⓘ
citizenship Byzantine Empire ⓘ
commentedOn Euclid's Elements ⓘ
coreConcept doctrine of the One ⓘ
henads ⓘ
hierarchical structure of reality ⓘ
procession and reversion ⓘ
triadic metaphysical structures ⓘ
deathPlace Athens ⓘ
deathYear 485 ⓘ
era Late Antiquity ⓘ
fullName Proclus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Proclus Lycaeus
influenced Boethius ⓘ
Byzantine philosophy ⓘ
John Scotus Eriugena ⓘ
Nicholas of Cusa ⓘ
Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite ⓘ
Renaissance Platonism ⓘ
St. Thomas Aquinas ⓘ
surface form: Thomas Aquinas

medieval Christian theology ⓘ
influencedBy Iamblichus of Chalcis ⓘ
surface form: Iamblichus

Plato ⓘ
Plotinus ⓘ
Syrianus ⓘ
knownFor influence on Christian metaphysical thought ⓘ
influence on later pagan metaphysics ⓘ
systematic commentaries on Plato ⓘ
systematization of Neoplatonism ⓘ
language Ancient Greek ⓘ
mainWork Commentary on Euclid's Elements ⓘ
Commentary on Plato's Alcibiades I ⓘ
Commentary on Plato's Cratylus ⓘ
Commentary on Plato's Parmenides ⓘ
Commentary on Plato's Republic ⓘ
Commentary on Plato's Timaeus ⓘ
Elements of Theology ⓘ
Platonic Theology ⓘ
philosophicalSchool Neoplatonism ⓘ
position head of the Platonic Academy in Athens ⓘ
practiced theurgy ⓘ
region Greek philosophy ⓘ
religion paganism ⓘ
studied mathematics ⓘ
subjectOf Life of Proclus by Marinus of Neapolis ⓘ
teacher Syrianus ⓘ

Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Plotinus → influenced → Proclus ⓘ
Neoplatonism → developedBy → Proclus ⓘ
Neoplatonism → hasKeyFigure → Proclus ⓘ
the One → discussedBy → Proclus ⓘ
Renaissance Platonism → influencedBy → Proclus ⓘ
Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite → influencedBy → Proclus ⓘ
Epic Cycle → summarizedBy → Proclus ⓘ
Nostoi (Returns) → mentionedBy → Proclus ⓘ
subject surface form: Nostoi
Siris → mentions → Proclus ⓘ
Theologia Platonica → influencedBy → Proclus ⓘ
Platonic Academy of Florence → influencedBy → Proclus ⓘ
Simplicius of Cilicia → influencedBy → Proclus ⓘ
Enneads → influenced → Proclus ⓘ
Iamblichus of Chalcis → influenced → Proclus ⓘ
Proclus → fullName → Proclus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Proclus Lycaeus
Proclus → alternateName → Proclus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Proclus the Successor
World Soul → centralInPhilosophyOf → Proclus ⓘ
Damascius → influencedBy → Proclus ⓘ
Eudemus of Rhodes → influenced → Proclus ⓘ
Eudemus of Rhodes → citedBy → Proclus ⓘ
Abu Ya'qub al-Sijistani → influencedBy → Proclus ⓘ