Iamblichus
245 CE – 325 CE · aged 80
Syrian Neoplatonist philosopher (c. 245 – c. 325)
- Born
- 245 CE · Qinnasrin
- Died
- 325 CE
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- 245 CEBornBorn in Qinnasrin
- 325 CEDiedDied
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Biography
Iamblichus ( eye-AM-blik-əs; Ancient Greek: Ἰάμβλιχος, romanized: Iámblichos; Aramaic: 𐡉𐡌𐡋𐡊𐡅, romanized: Yamlīkū; c. 245 – c. 325) 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 not mentioned and who is currently known as "Anonymus Iamblichi" ("Iamblichus's Anonymous").
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