Proclus Lycius (/ˈprɒkləs laɪˈsiəs/; 8 February 412 – 17 April 485), called Proclus the Successor (Greek: Πρόκλος ὁ Διάδοχος, Próklos ho Diádokhos), was...
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Proclus was a 5th century Greek Neoplatonist philosopher. Proclus may also refer to: Proclus of Constantinople, 5th-century saint Eutychius Proclus, a...
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contravention of canon law, so Proclus remained at Constantinople as titular bishop. Under Sissinius' patronage, Proclus became increasingly famous as...
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philosopher Proclus. It lies to the south of the prominent, terraced crater Macrobius, and west-northwest of the lava-flooded Yerkes. The rim of Proclus is distinctly...
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Proclus, Proklos (Greek: Πρόκλος), or Proculus is the name of a follower of Montanus in antiquity. He probably lived in the 2nd century AD. The sect called...
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Proclus or Proklos (Greek: Πρόκλος) was surnamed Oneirocrites (Ὀνειροκρίτης, 'judge of dreams'), according to some authorities. He predicted the death...
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Domitian (redirect from Larginus Proclus)
omens had foretold Domitian's death. The Germanic soothsayer Larginus Proclus predicted the date of Domitian's death and was consequently sentenced to...
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"postulate" derives from the choice of Proclus to do so in his highly influential commentary on the Elements. Proclus also substituted the term "hypothesis"...
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Proclus or Proklos (Greek: Πρόκλος) is the name of one of the eminent artists in mosaic who flourished in the Augustan Age. He was revered for his work...
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3rd century AD. It is probably this Proclus who is mentioned by Proclus Diadochus. Suda, Proklos π 2470 Proclus, in Timaeus, 166 This article incorporates...
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accepted theory is that the commentary is instead by Proclus Diadochus. Proculeia gens "Proclus". Suda On Line Search. Translated by Allen, Ronald. 13...
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Parallel postulate (redirect from Proclus' axiom)
are coplanar with the original line, then it also intersects the other. (Proclus' axiom) However, the alternatives which employ the word "parallel" cease...
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p. 74 Dindorf], 66 [= Proclus, Commentary on Plato's Republic 2.138.8 Kroll], 70 [= Damascius, De principiis 55], 72 [= Proclus, Commentary on Plato's...
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(péza) 'foot; end, border, edge'). Two types of trapezia were introduced by Proclus (AD 412 to 485) in his commentary on the first book of Euclid's Elements:...
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"Proclus." This is known from evidence provided by the later scholar Photius, mentioned above. Photius provides sufficient information about Proclus'...
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Eutychius Proclus (Ancient Greek: Εὐτύχιος Πρόκλος, Eutychios Proklos, or Tuticius Proculus in some sources) was a grammarian who flourished in the 2nd...
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Pons asinorum (section Euclid and Proclus)
drawing auxiliary lines to these extensions. But, as Euclid's commentator Proclus points out, Euclid never uses the second conclusion and his proof can be...
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Saint Proculus (Michelangelo) (redirect from St. Proclus (Michelangelo))
The statue of Saint Proculus (or Saint Proclus; 1494–1495) was created by Michelangelo out of marble. Its height is 58.5 cm. It is situated in the Basilica...
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Proclus or Proklos (Greek: Πρόκλος; 1st century AD), probably a native of Rhegium in Magna Graecia, was a physician among the Bruttii in Italy. He belonged...
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Neoptolemus, while Proclus, Chrestomathy 3, Little Iliad says Diomedes alone. Philoctetes was cured by a son of Asclepius, either Machaon, (Proclus, Chrestomathy...
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citations of Dionysius predating Proclus by writers such as Dionysius of Alexandria and Gregory Nazianzus. Even Proclus himself appears to cite an external...
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88–90; Proclus, in Plato's Republic 2.74.26–75.12 [= Orphic fr. 320 II Bernabé (I pp. 262–3) = fr. 140 Kern. Chrysanthou, pp. 96–7; Proclus, in Plato's...
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two can be obtained from the Chrestomathy ascribed (probably wrongly) to Proclus the Neo-Platonist of the 5th century AD. The Aethiopis (Αἰθιοπίς), in five...
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from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "PROCLUS (Πρόκλος), historical.". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology...
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shape can be traced back to Proclus, a Greek Neoplatonist philosopher and mathematician who lived in the 5th century AD. Proclus considered the cross-sections...
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theologian Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) had direct access to the works of Proclus, Simplicius of Cilicia, and Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite, and he knew...
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Proclus or Proklos (Greek: Πρόκλος) was a teacher of rhetoric and a native of Naucratis in Hellenistic Egypt. He lived in the 2nd century AD. He was a...
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Palestine. He was a student of Proclus in Athens. His surviving works are an introduction to Euclid's Data; a Life of Proclus, and two astronomical texts...
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biography C3 AD) Proclus, Proclus on the Timeus of Plato 4 (trans. T. Taylor) (Greek Philosophy C5 AD) Scholiast on Proclus, Proclus on the Timeus of...
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