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Iamblichus (īăm`blĭkəs), d. c.330, Syrian philosopher, a leading exponent of Neoplatonism Neoplatonism (nē'ōplā`tənĭzəm), ancient mystical philosophy based on the doctrines of Plato . ..... Click the link for more information. . A pupil of Porphyry, he was deeply impressed by the doctrines of Plotinus. In his own teachings he combined with Plato's ideas many of those of Pythagoras and much that was mystical and even magical, derived from Asia. His following was large and enthusiastic in his own time, and in the 15th and 16th cent. he was studied with admiring interest. Of his writings on mathematical and philosophical subjects there remain several parts of an extensive work on the philosophy of Pythagoras. His work On the Egyptian Mysteries survives, but his commentaries on Plato and Aristotle have disappeared. BibliographySee J. Finamore, Iamblichus and the Theory of the Vehicle of the Soul (1985); S. Gersh, Middle Platonism and Neoplatonism: The Latin Tradition (2 vol., 1986). How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Drawing upon the surviving fragments of his seven books "On Providencer" and his commentary on the Pythagorean "Carmen aureum", we learn of many important details on the development of neo-platonic doctrines between Iamblichus and Syrianus-Proculs. De Veno refers here to Plato, Plotinus, Iamblichus, Seneca, Cicero, and Foxius Morzillo's compendium of ethics of 1561. Also, the text of such a great Christian/Platonic thinker as Dionysius the Areopagite was, marvelous to say, suppressed though some unknown catastrophe, so that his doctrine was known only indirectly to later Platonists such as Plotinus, Iamblichus, and others (Ficino thus nicely solves the problem of there being no mention of pseudo-Dionysius in the work of anyone before the fifth century). |
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