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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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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Neoplatonism developedBy Damascius
Neoplatonism hasKeyFigure Damascius
Simplicius of Cilicia studentOf Damascius
Damascius name Damascius
Eudemus of Rhodes citedBy Damascius