Philosopher

Stephanus of Alexandria

Overview

Stephanus of Alexandria (Greek: Στέφανος Αλεξανδρεύς; fl. c. 580 – c. 640) was a Byzantine philosopher and teacher who, besides philosophy in the Neo-Platonic tradition, also wrote on alchemy, astrology and astronomy. He was one of the last exponents of the Alexandrian academic tradition before the Islamic conquest of Egypt.

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Ideas Stephanus of Alexandria discusses

• Byzantine Empire
• Muhammad
• Astrology
• Plato
• Aristotle
• Alexandria
• Olympiodorus the Younger
• Astronomy
• Constantinople
• Alchemy
• Cambridge University Press
• Porphyry of Tyre
• Elias (Greek scholar)

Place in the tradition

Part of Neoplatonism.

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