Proclus

Not to be confused with Procles.

This article is about Proclus Diadochus, the Neoplatonist philosopher. For other people named Proclus, see Proclus (disambiguation).

Proclus
The beginning of the first Latin edition of Proclus' Commentary on Euclid's Elements
Born	Proclus Lycius 412 Constantinople, Thracia, Eastern Roman Empire
Died	485 (aged 72–73) Athens, Achaea, Eastern Roman Empire
Other name	"The Successor"
Education
Academic advisors	Olympiodorus the Elder Plutarch of Athens Syrianus
Philosophical work
Era	Ancient philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
School	Neoplatonism
Notable students	Ammonius Hermiae Asclepiodotus of Alexandria Marinus of Neapolis
Main interests	Metaphysics
Notable ideas	Platonic theology

Proclus Lycius (/ˈprɒkləs laɪˈsiːəs/; 8 February 412 CE – 17 April 485 CE), called Proclus the Successor (Ancient Greek: Πρόκλος ὁ Διάδοχος, Próklos ho Diádokhos), was a Greek Neoplatonic philosopher, one of the last major classical philosophers of late antiquity. He set forth one of the most elaborate and fully developed systems of Neoplatonism and, through later interpreters and translators, exerted an influence on Byzantine philosophy, early Islamic philosophy, scholastic philosophy, and German idealism, especially G. W. F. Hegel, who called Proclus's Platonic Theology "the true turning point or transition from ancient to modern times, from ancient philosophy to Christianity."