Philosopher
Iamblichus
Overview
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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Philosophers who discussed Iamblichus
- John Scotus Eriugena
- Heraclitus
- Syrianus
- Ammonius Hermiae
- Boethius
- Marsilio Ficino
- Xenophanes
- Pythagoras
- Parmenides
- Philolaus
- Proclus
- Olympiodorus the Younger
- Chrysippus
- Hypatia
- Plotinus
- Porphyry of Tyre
- Simplicius of Cilicia
- Pherecydes of Syros
- Hippasus
- Evander (philosopher)
- Plutarch of Athens
- Eurytus (Pythagorean)
- Cylon of Croton
- Atticus (philosopher)
Ideas Iamblichus discusses
- Gnosticism
- Harvard University Press
- Philosophy
- Julian (emperor)
- Lydia
- Mathematics
- Infinity
- Augustine of Hippo
- Plato
- Pythagoras
- Neoplatonism
- Proclus
- Soul
- Pythagoreanism
- Trinity
- Aristotle
- Logos
- Nous
- Antioch
- Plotinus
- Destiny
- Sophist
- Theurgy
- Nicomachus
Place in the tradition
Part of Ancient Roman philosophy.