Philosopher
Themistius
Overview
Themistius (Ancient Greek: Θεμίστιος Themistios; 317 – c. 388 AD), nicknamed Euphrades (Εὐφραδής, "eloquent"), was a statesman, rhetorician and philosopher. He flourished in the reigns of Constantius II, Julian, Jovian, Valens, Gratian and Theodosius I, and he enjoyed the favour of all those emperors, notwithstanding their many differences and the fact that he himself was not a Christian. He was admitted to the senate by Constantius in 355, and he was prefect of Constantinople in 384 on the nomination of Theodosius. Of his many works, thirty-three orations of his have come down to us, as well as various commentaries and epitomes of the works of Aristotle.
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Philosophers who discussed Themistius
- Anaximander
- Heraclitus
- Syrianus
- Alexander of Aphrodisias
- Simplicius of Cilicia
- Pherecydes of Syros
- Prodicus
- Arius Didymus
- Jacopo Zabarella
- Arete of Cyrene
- Axiothea of Phlius
Ideas Themistius discusses
- Patrologia Latina
- Turkey
- Greek language
- Philosophy
- Julian (emperor)
- On the Heavens
- On the Soul
- Physics (Aristotle)
- Posterior Analytics
- Latin
- Christians
- Boethius
- Commentaries on Aristotle
- Platonism
- Plato
- Rhetoric
- Rome
- Theory of forms
- Metaphysics (Aristotle)
- Pythagoreanism
- Aristotle
- William of Moerbeke
- Milan
- Libanius
Place in the tradition
Part of Anaximander.