Proclus

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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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Label Occurrences
Proclus canonical 48
Proclus Lycaeus 3
Proclus the Successor 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Neoplatonist philosopher ⓘ
commentator on Plato ⓘ
late antique philosopher ⓘ
alternateName Proclus the Successor ⓘ
linked to: Proclus
birthPlace 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 Lycaeus ⓘ
linked to: Proclus
influenced Boethius ⓘ
Byzantine philosophy ⓘ
John Scotus Eriugena ⓘ
Nicholas of Cusa ⓘ
Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite ⓘ
Renaissance Platonism ⓘ
Thomas Aquinas ⓘ
linked to: St. Thomas Aquinas

medieval Christian theology ⓘ
influencedBy 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 ⓘ

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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 ⓘ
Epic Cycle → summarizedBy → Proclus ⓘ
Nostoi → mentionedBy → Proclus ⓘ
subject linked to: Nostoi (Returns)
Siris → mentions → Proclus ⓘ
Enneads → influenced → Proclus ⓘ
Proclus → fullName → Proclus Lycaeus ⓘ
linked to: Proclus
Proclus → alternateName → Proclus the Successor ⓘ
linked to: Proclus
Damascius → influencedBy → Proclus ⓘ
Eudemus of Rhodes → influenced → Proclus ⓘ
Eudemus of Rhodes → citedBy → Proclus ⓘ
Ammonius Hermiae → studentOf → Proclus ⓘ
Chaldean Oracles → influenced → Proclus ⓘ
Syrianus → teacherOf → Proclus ⓘ
Syrianus → influenced → Proclus ⓘ
Syrianus → successor → Proclus ⓘ
Syrianus → notableStudent → Proclus ⓘ
Commentary on Plato's Parmenides → author → Proclus Lycaeus ⓘ
linked to: Proclus
Elements of Theology → author → Proclus ⓘ
Platonic Theology → author → Proclus ⓘ
Commentary on Euclid's Elements → workOf → Proclus Lycaeus ⓘ
linked to: Proclus
Life of Proclus → mainSubject → Proclus ⓘ
John Italos → influencedBy → Proclus ⓘ