Iamblichus

Iamblichus
Iamblichus
Born	c. 245; Chalcis ad Belum, Roman Empire
Died	c. 325 (aged c. 80)
Other names	Iamblichus Chalcidensis, Iamblichus of Chalcis, Iamblichus of Apamea
Philosophical work
Era	Ancient philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
School	Neoplatonism
Main interests	Metaphysics, philosophical cosmology
Notable works	List On the Pythagorean Way of Life (Περὶ τοῦ πυθαγορικοῦ βίου; De vita pythagorica), Protrepticus (Προτρεπτικὸς ἐπὶ φιλοσοφίαν), On the Egyptian Mysteries (Περὶ τῶν αἰγυπτίων μυστηρίων; De Mysteriis Aegyptiorum);

Iamblichus (/aɪˈæmblɪkəs/ eye-AM-blik-əs; Ancient Greek: Ἰάμβλιχος, romanized: Iámblichos; Aramaic: 𐡉𐡌𐡋𐡊𐡅, romanized: Yamlīkū; c. 245 – c. 325) was a Neoplatonist philosopher who 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 Protrepticus is important for the study of the sophists because it preserved about ten pages of an otherwise unknown sophist known as the Anonymus Iamblichi.

Iamblichus

Born	c. 245 Chalcis ad Belum, Roman Empire
Died	c. 325 (aged c. 80)
Other names	Iamblichus Chalcidensis, Iamblichus of Chalcis, Iamblichus of Apamea

Philosophical work
Era	Ancient philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
School	Neoplatonism
Main interests	Metaphysics, philosophical cosmology
Notable works	List On the Pythagorean Way of Life (Περὶ τοῦ πυθαγορικοῦ βίου; De vita pythagorica), Protrepticus (Προτρεπτικὸς ἐπὶ φιλοσοφίαν), On the Egyptian Mysteries (Περὶ τῶν αἰγυπτίων μυστηρίων; De Mysteriis Aegyptiorum)