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 14
Simplicius 3

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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 Neoplatonic school of Athens ⓘ
linked to: Neoplatonism
era Late Antiquity ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
influenced Byzantine philosophers ⓘ
Islamic philosophers ⓘ
Renaissance Aristotelians ⓘ
medieval Aristotelian commentators ⓘ
influencedBy Aristotle ⓘ
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 ⓘ
fragments of Empedocles ⓘ
fragments of Melissus of Samos ⓘ
fragments of Parmenides ⓘ
fragments of Zeno of Elea ⓘ
studentOf Ammonius Hermiae ⓘ
Damascius ⓘ
wroteCommentaryOn Aristotle's Categories ⓘ
Aristotle's De Anima (partly preserved) ⓘ
Aristotle's De Caelo ⓘ
Aristotle's Physics ⓘ
Epictetus' Enchiridion ⓘ
linked to: Enchiridion

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Parmenides → discussedBy → Simplicius of Cilicia ⓘ
Anaximenes of Miletus → knownFrom → Simplicius ⓘ
linked to: Simplicius of Cilicia
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 ⓘ
Diogenes of Apollonia → sourceOfFragments → Simplicius ⓘ
linked to: Simplicius of Cilicia
Commentary on Epictetus' Enchiridion → author → Simplicius of Cilicia ⓘ
Athenian Neoplatonic school → notablePhilosopher → Simplicius of Cilicia ⓘ
Commentary on Aristotle's Physics → author → Simplicius of Cilicia ⓘ
Commentary on Aristotle's Categories → author → Simplicius of Cilicia ⓘ
Commentary on Aristotle's De Caelo → author → Simplicius of Cilicia ⓘ
Pope Simplicius → givenName → Simplicius ⓘ
linked to: Simplicius of Cilicia
Isagoge → commentedOnBy → Simplicius of Cilicia ⓘ