Iamblichus

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Iamblichus

Philosophy

#217

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Logic

#314

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• Philosophy

Why Is Iamblichus Influential?

According to Wikipedia, Iamblichus was a Syrian neoplatonic philosopher of Arab origin. He determined a direction later taken by neoplatonism. Iamblichus was also the biographer of the Greek mystic, philosopher, and mathematician Pythagoras. In addition to his philosophical contributions, his is important for the study of the sophists because it preserved about ten pages of an otherwise unknown sophist known as the Anonymus Iamblichi.

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What Are Iamblichus's Academic Contributions?

Iamblichus has made the following academic contributions:

• Life of Pythagoras