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Proclus

412 - 485

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Proclus Lycius (; 8 February 412 – 17 April 485), called Proclus the Successor (Ancient Greek: Πρόκλος ὁ Διάδοχος, Próklos ho Diádokhos), was a Greek Neoplatonist philosopher, one of the last major classical philosophers of late antiquity. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Proclus is the 149th most popular philosopher (up from 176th in 2019), the 134th most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 146th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Turkish Philosopher.

Proclus is most famous for his commentary on Plato's "Timaeus" and "Parmenides." He also wrote commentaries on Aristotle's "Physics" and "De Caelo" and the "Homeric Hymns."

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Proclus ranks 149 out of 1,267. Before him are Kanada, Wilhelm Dilthey, Edith Stein, Chrysippus, Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten, and Isocrates. After him are Buddhaghosa, Emanuel Swedenborg, John Venn, Han Fei, Louis Althusser, and Friedrich Schleiermacher.

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Among people born in 412, Proclus ranks 1.  Among people deceased in 485, Proclus ranks 1. 

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    412 - 485

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Proclus ranks 134 out of 1,347. Before him are Chrysippus (-281), Julius Nepos (430), Anna Komnene (1083), İsmet İnönü (1884), Fethullah Gülen (1941), and Cassius Dio (155). After him are Michael III (840), Justinian II (668), Abdullah Gül (1950), Ignatius of Antioch (35), Tiberius III (700), and John VIII Palaiologos (1392).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Türkiye

Among philosophers born in Türkiye, Proclus ranks 13. Before him are Xenophanes (-570), Leucippus (-500), Gregory of Nazianzus (329), Ibn Taymiyyah (1263), Anaximenes of Miletus (-585), and Chrysippus (-281). After him are Posidonius (-135), Gemistus Pletho (1355), Apollonius of Tyana (15), Xenocrates (-396), Michael Psellos (1018), and Bias of Priene (-600).

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