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Iamblichus
Syrian Neoplatonist philosopher (c. 245 – c. 325) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Iamblichus (/aɪˈæmblɪkəs/ eye-AM-blik-əs; Greek: Ἰάμβλιχος, translit. Iámblichos; Arabic: يَمْلِكُ, romanized: Yamlīḵū; Aramaic: 𐡉𐡌𐡋𐡊𐡅, romanized: Yamlīḵū;[2][3] c. 245[4] – c. 325) was a Syrian neoplatonic philosopher.[5] He determined a direction later taken by neoplatonism. Iamblichus was also the biographer of the Greek mystic, philosopher, and mathematician Pythagoras.[6][7] 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 known as the Anonymus Iamblichi.[8]
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Born | c. 245[1] |
Died | c. 325 (aged c. 80) |
Other names | Iamblichus Chalcidensis, Iamblichus of Chalcis, Iamblichus of Apamea |
Notable work | List
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Era | Ancient philosophy |
Region | Western philosophy |
School | Neoplatonism |
Main interests | Metaphysics, philosophical cosmology |
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