Eudorus of Alexandria

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Middle Platonist philosopher Platonist Pythagorean-influenced philosopher ancient Greek philosopher philosopher

Eudorus of Alexandria was an influential 1st-century BCE philosopher whose work helped shape Middle Platonism by reinterpreting Plato through Pythagorean and other earlier Greek traditions.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Middle Platonist philosopher ⓘ Platonist ⓘ Pythagorean-influenced philosopher ⓘ ancient Greek philosopher ⓘ philosopher ⓘ
approximateDate	active in the late 1st century BCE ⓘ
doctrine	Pythagorean interpretation of Platonic metaphysics ⓘ ethical ideal of assimilation to god as far as possible ⓘ hierarchical ordering of first principles ⓘ priority of the highest principle over the One and the Dyad ⓘ
era	Hellenistic philosophy ⓘ late Hellenistic period ⓘ
floruit	1st century BCE ⓘ
historicalRole	early architect of Middle Platonist systematization of Plato ⓘ mediator between Platonism and Pythagoreanism ⓘ
influenced	Middle Platonism NERFINISHED ⓘ later Platonist commentators ⓘ
influencedBy	Old Academy NERFINISHED ⓘ Plato ⓘ Pythagoras NERFINISHED ⓘ Pythagorean tradition ⓘ earlier Greek philosophy ⓘ
knownFor	contribution to the formation of Middle Platonism ⓘ emphasis on a highest principle above the One ⓘ ethical interest in living according to nature ⓘ reinterpreting Plato through Pythagorean doctrines ⓘ systematic reinterpretation of Platonism ⓘ
language	Ancient Greek ⓘ
name	Eudorus of Alexandria NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFeature	attempt to construct a unified doctrinal system from Plato and Pythagoreans ⓘ influence on later Platonist metaphysical schemata ⓘ
philosophicalDiscipline	cosmology ⓘ ethics ⓘ metaphysics ⓘ theology ⓘ
philosophicalTradition	Middle Platonism NERFINISHED ⓘ Platonism ⓘ Pythagoreanism ⓘ
placeOfActivity	Alexandria NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfOrigin	Alexandria NERFINISHED ⓘ
subjectOf	reports in Simplicius ⓘ reports in Stobaeus ⓘ testimonia in later doxographical sources ⓘ
survivingWorks	known only through fragments and testimonia ⓘ

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