• by the philosopher Syrianus. The Suda attributes several works to Syrianus, but which are in fact the works of Proclus. Syrianus' philosophical significance...
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  • went to Athens and studied philosophy under Syrianus. He married Aedesia, who was a relative of Syrianus, and who had originally been betrothed to Proclus...
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    eventually inherited from Plutarch and Syrianus. The heads of the Neoplatonic Academy were Plutarch of Athens, Syrianus, Proclus, Marinus, Isidore, and finally...
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  • as an introduction to Plato, even when in disagreement; the Platonist Syrianus used Aristotelian critiques to further refine the Platonic position on...
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  • of which book 12 survives in a Hebrew translation. The Neoplatonists Syrianus and Asclepius of Tralles also wrote commentaries on the work, where they...
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    (not to be confused with Plutarch of Chaeronea), Syrianus, and Asclepigenia; he succeeded Syrianus as head of the Academy in 437, and would in turn be...
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  • of the Peripatetic school Aristotle, mentioned in the Meteaphysics of Syrianus (12.55) as having composed commentaries on the philosophies of his namesake...
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    Plotinus students Origen Porphyry Iamblichus Julian Plutarch of Athens Syrianus Proclus Ammonius Hermiae Damascius Simplicius more... Second Sophistic...
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    "Sixth-Century Byzantine Anonymous" or Anonymus Byzantinus: see below under Syrianus Magister The Strategikon attributed to the Emperor Maurice (r. 582–602)...
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  • Greek philosophers Monism Panentheism Pantheism Peripatetic school Sikhism Syrianus The term first appeared in 1827. According to the Stanford Encyclopedia...
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  • Plotinus students Origen Porphyry Iamblichus Julian Plutarch of Athens Syrianus Proclus Ammonius Hermiae Damascius Simplicius more... Second Sophistic...
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  • who lived in Alexandria in the fifth century AD. She was a relation of Syrianus and the wife of Hermias, and was equally celebrated for her beauty and...
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    "Reconstructing Ancient Constructions of the Orphic Theogony: Aristotle, Syrianus and Michael of Ephesus on Orpheus' Succession of the First Gods", in The...
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  • Nature of the World and the Soul was known to the Neoplatonists Iamblichus, Syrianus, Proclus, and Simplicius.: 88–110  The work of Pseudo-Timaeus supported...
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  • Plotinus students Origen Porphyry Iamblichus Julian Plutarch of Athens Syrianus Proclus Ammonius Hermiae Damascius Simplicius more... Second Sophistic...
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  • Harpocration of Argos, Porphyry, Iamblichus, Paterius, Plutarch of Athens, Syrianus and Proclus. The two most important commentaries on the dialogue that have...
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    through him of Porphyry and Plotinus. Numbered among his disciples were Syrianus, who succeeded him as head of the school, and Proclus. Plutarch's main...
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  • spurious work to be ascribed to him in the Neopythagorean literature. Syrianus (5th century CE) refers to "Brotinus" as an author of the view that the...
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  • Academic Sphaerus Stoic Stilpo Megarian Strato of Lampsacus Peripatetic Syrianus died c. 437 Neoplatonic Telauges Pythagorean Telecles of Phocis died 167/166...
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