“A Dissertation on the Doctrine of Ideas, &c.”
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Proclus
Proclus Lycius, called Proclus the Successor, was a Greek Neoplatonic philosopher, one of the last major classical philosophers of late antiquity. He set forth one of the most elaborate and fully developed systems of Neoplatonism and, through later interpreters and translators, exerted an influence on Byzantine philosophy, early Islamic philosophy, scholastic philosophy, and German idealism, espec…
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science · 5th-century Greek Neoplatonist philosopher · philosopher · mathematician · mythographer · writer · also Proclus, Proclus Lycaeus
Born 8 February 0412 · Died 17 April 0485 · Q271809
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It is told that those who first brought out the irrationals from concealment into the open perished in shipwreck, to a man. For the unutterable and the formless must needs be concealed. And those who uncovered and touched this image of life were instantaneously destroyed and shall remain forever exposed to the play of the eternal waves.
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2026· 4 entries
Le Moniteur: La start-up Proclus, spécialisée dans le réemploi des équipements électriques techniques, a levé un million d’euros grâce à deux nouveaux actionnaires
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Les Echos Patrimoine: A Vitry-sur-Seine, Proclus lève un million d'euros pour reconditionner les équipements du BTP
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JSTOR Daily: Neoplatonic Saints: The Lives of Plotinus and Proclus by their Students
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2020· 2 entries
JSTOR Daily: Proclus: Neo-Platonic Philosophy and Science
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Published “Proclus” — cited 1 times.
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2009· 1 entry
Published “Proclus: Commentary on Plato’s Timaeus Volume 4: Book 3, Part 2: Proclus on the World Soul” — cited 6 times.
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2008· 1 entry
Published “Proclus” — cited 5 times.
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2007· 2 entries
Published “Proclus” — cited 30 times.
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Published “Proclus: Commentary on Plato's Timaeus” — cited 10 times.
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1985· 1 entry
Published “Commentaire sur le Parménide de Platon” — cited 2 times.
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1982· 1 entry
Published “Commentaire sur le Parménide de Platon” — cited 83 times.
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1971· 1 entry
Published “Proclus. A Commentary on the First Book of Euclid's Elements” in The Classical World — cited 1 times.
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0485· 4 entries
Died 0485-04-17.
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“The mathematician speculates the causes of a certain sensible effect, without considering its actual existence; for the contemplation of universals excludes the knowledge of particulars; and he whose intellectual eye is fixed on that which is general and comprehensive, will think but little of that which is sensible and singular.”
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“This, therefore, is mathematics: she reminds you of the invisible form of the soul; she gives life to her own discoveries; she awakens the mind and purifies the intellect; she brings light to our intrinsic ideas; she abolishes oblivion and ignorance which are ours by birth.”
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“It is told that those who first brought out the irrationals from concealment into the open perished in shipwreck, to a man. For the unutterable and the formless must needs be concealed. And those who uncovered and touched this image of life were instantaneously destroyed and shall remain forever exposed to the play of the eternal waves.”
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0437· 1 entry
Career landmark: scholarch of the Platonic Academy (0437–0485).
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0412· 1 entry
Born 0412-02-08.
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