Damascius

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Damascius was a late antique Neoplatonist philosopher and the last scholarch of the Platonic Academy in Athens, known for his profound metaphysical works on the ineffable first principle.

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Damascius canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Neoplatonist philosopher ⓘ
commentator on Plato ⓘ
late antique philosopher ⓘ
scholarch ⓘ
writer ⓘ
associatedWith Alexandria ⓘ
Athens ⓘ
Academy of Athens ⓘ
surface form: Platonic Academy
birthDate c. 458 ⓘ
birthPlace Damascus ⓘ
Syria ⓘ
citizenship Byzantine Empire ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Roman Empire
contemporaryOf Justinian I ⓘ
deathDate after 538 ⓘ
era Greek philosophy ⓘ
surface form: Ancient Greek philosophy

Late Antiquity ⓘ
fledFrom Athens ⓘ
fledTo Persia ⓘ
surface form: Persian Empire
influenced Renaissance Platonism ⓘ
surface form: Renaissance Platonists

later Byzantine philosophers ⓘ
medieval Islamic philosophers ⓘ
influencedBy Iamblichus of Chalcis ⓘ
surface form: Iamblichus

Plato ⓘ
Plotinus ⓘ
Proclus ⓘ
knownFor being the last scholarch of the Platonic Academy in Athens ⓘ
metaphysical works on the ineffable first principle ⓘ
treatise on first principles ⓘ
language Ancient Greek ⓘ
mainInterest Platonism ⓘ
metaphysics ⓘ
philosophy of the first principle ⓘ
theology ⓘ
name Damascius self-link ⓘ
notableIdea ineffability of the first principle ⓘ
radical apophatic theology ⓘ
notableWork De principiis ⓘ
Life of Isidore ⓘ
Philosophical History ⓘ
Problems and Solutions Concerning First Principles ⓘ
occupation author ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
teacher ⓘ
positionHeld scholarch of the Platonic Academy in Athens ⓘ
religion Ancient Greek religion ⓘ
surface form: Hellenic polytheism

paganism ⓘ
schoolTradition Athenian Neoplatonic school ⓘ
Neoplatonism ⓘ
studiedUnder Ammonius Hermiae ⓘ
Hermeias of Atarneus ⓘ
surface form: Hermias

Isidore of Alexandria ⓘ

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Neoplatonism → developedBy → Damascius ⓘ
Neoplatonism → hasKeyFigure → Damascius ⓘ
Simplicius of Cilicia → studentOf → Damascius ⓘ
Damascius → name → Damascius self-link ⓘ
Eudemus of Rhodes → citedBy → Damascius ⓘ