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 14
Damascius (possibly) 1

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Statements (51)

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

Late Antiquity ⓘ
fledFrom Athens ⓘ
fledTo Persian Empire ⓘ
linked to: Persia
influenced Renaissance Platonists ⓘ
later Byzantine philosophers ⓘ
medieval Islamic philosophers ⓘ
influencedBy 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 ⓘ
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 Hellenic polytheism ⓘ
paganism ⓘ
schoolTradition Athenian Neoplatonic school ⓘ
Neoplatonism ⓘ
studiedUnder Ammonius Hermiae ⓘ
Hermias ⓘ
Isidore of Alexandria ⓘ

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Referenced by (15)

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

Neoplatonism → developedBy → Damascius ⓘ
Neoplatonism → hasKeyFigure → Damascius ⓘ
Simplicius of Cilicia → studentOf → Damascius ⓘ
Damascius → name → Damascius ⓘ
Eudemus of Rhodes → citedBy → Damascius ⓘ
Ammonius Hermiae → teacherOf → Damascius (possibly) ⓘ
linked to: Damascius
Chaldean Oracles → influenced → Damascius ⓘ
Isidore of Alexandria → teacherOf → Damascius ⓘ
Isidore of Alexandria → praisedBy → Damascius ⓘ
Isidore of Alexandria → successor → Damascius ⓘ