Asclepiodotus of Alexandria
Asclepiodotus | |
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| Born | Greek philosophy |
| School | Neoplatonism |
Asclepiodotus (
oracular
lore:
Asclepiodotus' mind was not perfect, as most people thought. He was extremely sharp at raising questions, but not so acute in his understanding. His was an uneven intelligence, especially when it came to divine matters - the invisible and intelligible concept of Plato's lofty thought. Even more wanting was he in the field of higher wisdom - the Orphic and Chaldean lore which transcends common sense.[1]
He and his wife visited the
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He also wrote a commentary on Plato's Timaeus, which does not survive.
Notes
- ^ Damascius, PH fr. 85 A, from Athanassiadi, P., Frede M., (1999), Pagan Monotheism in Late Antiquity Oxford University Press.
References
- William Smith (1870). "Asclepiodotus of Alexandria". A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, Vol. 1 p. 383. Archived from the original on 2007-09-07. Retrieved 2007-11-23.
- "Asclepiodotus of Alexandria". The Stoa Consortium. Retrieved 2007-11-23.
- Bury, et al., (1925), The Cambridge Ancient History, pages 852–853. Cambridge University Press.
- Andron, Cosmin (2008), "Asklepiodotos of Alexandria",The Routledge Encyclopedia of Ancient Natural Scientists, eds. Georgia Irby-Massie and Paul Keyser, Routledge.
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