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(February 8, 412 – April 17, 487 CE), surnamed "The Successor", was a Greek Neoplatonist philosopher.
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Proclus Lycaeus (February 8, 412 – April 17, 485), surnamed "The Successor" or "diadochos" (Greek Próklos ho Diádokhos), was a Greek Neoplatonist philosopher, one of the last major Greek philosophers (see Damascius). His set forth one of the most elaborate, complex, and fully developed Neoplatonic systems. He stands near the end of the pagan Greek development of philosophy, and was extremely influential on later Christian (Greek and Latin) and Islamic thought.
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Proclus or Proklos is the name of a historical figure who was Prefect of Constantinople under the reign of Theodosius the Great (r. 379-395). He was put to death in the tenth year of his reign. An epigram on the pedestal of an obelisk at the hippodrome of Constantinople records his success in setting the obelisk upright.Anthol.
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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. A sect of heretics, the Procliani, were named after him; the Procliani were deemed bad enough to require rebaptizing if they returned to the church (Fabric., Bibl.
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Proclus or Proklos is the name of one of the eminent artists in mosaic who flourished in the Augustan Age.
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