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Syrianus

Syrianus (Ancient Greek: Συριανός, Syrianos; died c. 437 AD) was a Greek Neoplatonic philosopher, and head of Plato's Academy in Athens, succeeding his teacher Plutarch of Athens in 431/432 AD. He is important as the teacher of Proclus, and, like Plutarch of Athens and Proclus, as a commentator on Plato and Aristotle. His best-known extant work is a…

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Academic advisor
Plutarch of Athens
Born
Alexandria
Died
c. 437 AD Athens
Era
Ancient philosophy
Main interests
Metaphysics, epistemology
Notable students
Domninus of Larissa · Hermias of Alexandria · Proclus

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related to Sources · 32
Syrianus → Ancient Mediterranean, Angela Longo, Bibliopolis, Boston, Brill, Contexts, Dictionary, Elenchos, Genève, Greek, Leiden, Lock-gray-alt-2, Lock-green, Lock-red-alt-2, Medieval Texts, Missing, Mythology, Napoli, Neoplatonism, Parmenides
related to External links · 14
Syrianus → Christian, Edward, Hermogenem, In Zalta, ISSN, Lace, Mount Allison University, OCLC, Philosophy, Rabe's Teubner, Raw Greek OCR, Stanford Encyclopedia, Syrianus' Commentaria, Wildberg
related to Philosophy · 13
Syrianus → Aristotle, Dyad, He, Iamblichus, In, Metaphysics, Monad, Neoplatonist, Plato, Platonic, Proclus, The, The One
related to Writings · 8
Syrianus → Aristotle's Metaphysics, Commentaries, Commentary, Hermias, Hermogenes, Lectures, Only, Plato's Phaedrus
related to Editions · 4
Syrianus → Dillon, Duckworth, O'Meara, On Aristotle Metaphysics
Notable students · 3
Syrianus → Domninus of Larissa, Hermias of Alexandria, Proclus
Academic advisor · 1
Syrianus → Plutarch of Athens
Born · 1
Syrianus → Alexandria
Died · 1
Syrianus → c. 437 AD Athens
Era · 1
Syrianus → Ancient philosophy

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aristotle metaphysics proclus athens dyad plutarch plato greek plato's works commentary teacher timaeus alexandria school ancient philosophy hermias neoplatonist commentaries

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SyrianusAcademic advisorPlutarch of Athens1.00infobox
SyrianusBornAlexandria1.00infobox
SyrianusDiedc. 437 AD Athens1.00infobox
SyrianusEraAncient philosophy1.00infobox
SyrianusMain interestsMetaphysics, epistemology1.00infobox
SyrianusNotable studentsDomninus of Larissa1.00infobox
SyrianusNotable studentsHermias of Alexandria1.00infobox
SyrianusNotable studentsProclus1.00infobox
SyrianusRegionWestern philosophy1.00infobox
SyrianusSchoolNeoplatonism1.00infobox
Syrianusrelated to EditionsDillon0.60section
Syrianusrelated to EditionsO'Meara0.60section

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