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Iamblichus

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Iamblichus ( 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Iamblichus is the 231st most popular philosopher (up from 246th in 2019), the 19th most popular biography from Syria (up from 22nd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Syrian Philosopher.

Iamblichus is most famous for his work on theurgy, which is the practice of using rituals and prayers to channel divine power.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Iamblichus ranks 231 out of 1,267. Before him are Paulo Freire, Joseph de Maistre, Ernst Bloch, Gaston Bachelard, Benedetto Croce, and Al-Ash'ari. After him are Carneades, Marshall McLuhan, Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi, Paul Feyerabend, Nikolai Berdyaev, and Giorgio Agamben.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 245, Iamblichus ranks 1.  Among people deceased in 330, Iamblichus ranks 2. Before him is Helena. After him are Tiridates III of Armenia, and Flavia Julia Constantia.

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In Syria

Among people born in Syria, Iamblichus ranks 19 out of 210. Before him are Abd al-Rahman I (731), Ibn Kathir (1301), John Climacus (579), Al-Nawawi (1233), Marwan II (688), and Aemilius Papinianus (142). After him are Al-Adil I (1145), Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik (691), Muawiya II (661), Anisa Makhlouf (1930), Khaled al-Asaad (1932), and Antiochus II Theos (-286).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Syria

Among philosophers born in Syria, Iamblichus ranks 2. Before him are John of Damascus (676). After him are Ibn al-Nafis (1212), Damascius (480), Zaki al-Arsuzi (1899), and Numenius of Apamea (200).

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