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Iamblichus
Iamblichus was a Syrian Arab Neoplatonic philosopher who determined a direction later taken by Neoplatonism. Iamblichus was also the biographer of the Greek mystic, philosopher, and mathematician Pythagoras. In addition to his philosophical contributions, his Protrepticus is important for the study of the sophists because it preserved about ten pages of an otherwise unknown sophist, whose name is…
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culture · Neoplatonist philosopher and mystic (c. 245 – c. 325) · philosopher · writer · also Iamblichus, Iamblichus of Chalcis
Born 0240 · Died 0320 · Q310916
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2026· 2 entries
JSTOR Daily: Iamblichus: On the Pythagorean Life
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2025· 1 entry
Artnet news: Iamblichus Chalcidensis, Index eorum, Venice, Aldo, 1497, contemporary Venetian morocco
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“It is irreverent to the Gods to give you this demonstration, but for your sakes it shall be done.”
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“Wait for the appointed hour.”
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