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Headword:
Damaskios
Adler number: delta,39
Translated headword: Damaskios, Damascius
Vetting Status: high
Translation: Stoic philosopher,[1] Syrian,[2] [but] a disciple of
Simplicius and Eulalios the Phrygians;[3] he flourished in the time of Justinian. Commentaries on
Plato,[4]
On First Principles, and
Philosophical History were written by him.[5]
Greek Original:Damaskios, Stôïkos philosophos, Suros, Simplikiou kai Eulaliou tôn phrugôn homilêtês: êkmazen epi tôn Ioustinianou chronôn. ge- graptai autôi hupomnêmata eis Platôna kai Peri archôn kai Philosophos historia.
Notes:
c.458-after 538.
[1] Rather, the last of the Neo-platonists.
[2] From Damascus, in fact; hence his name (or nickname).
[3] For
Simplicius see
sigma 448; for
Simplicius and Eulalius,
pi 2251.
[4] Specifically, on the
Parmenides, the
Phaedo, and the
Philebus.
[5] The
Philosophical History, also known as
Life of Isidore, is reconstructed from extensive quotations in the Suda and
Photius. See bibliography below.
References:
Damaskios, Das Leben des Philosophen Isidoros. Tr. Rudolf Asmus. Leipzig: Felix Meiner, 1911
Damascius, The Philosophical History. Text with translation and notes by Polymnia Athanassiadi. Athens: Apamea Cultural Association, 1999
Damascius, Vitae Isidori reliquiae. Ed. Clemens Zintzen. Hildesheim, Olms, 1967
Keywords: biography; chronology; geography; historiography; philosophy
Translated by: Jason Karnes on 3 May 2002@15:59:51.
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