Mathematician:Proclus Lycaeus

Mathematician
Greek philosopher (usually known as Proclus, also as Proclus Diadochus) who among other things produced a commentary on Book 1 of.

Nationality
Greek, of Byzantine origin

History

 * Born: 8 Feb 411 in Constantinople (now Istanbul), Byzantium (now Turkey)
 * Died: 17 April 485 in Athens, Greece

Books and Papers

 * Platonic Theology (6 volumes)
 * Elements of Theology
 * Elements of Physics
 * Commentary on Plato's "Alcibiades I"
 * Commentary on Plato's "Cratylus"
 * Commentary on Plato's "Parmenides"
 * Commentary on Plato's "Republic"
 * Commentary on Plato's "Timaeus"
 * Commentary on  (the first book of only)
 * Ten doubts concerning providence
 * On providence and fate
 * On the existence of evils
 * Various Hymns (fragments)
 * Commentary on the Chaldaean Oracles (fragments)


 * The life of Proclus, or On Happiness: written by his pupil, Marinus

Notable Quotes

 * Not much younger than these [i.e. Hermontimus of Colophon and Philippus of Medma] is, who put together , collecting many of ' theorems, perfecting many of ', and also bringing to irrefragable demonstration the things which were only somewhat loosely proved by his predecessors. This man lived in the time of the first Prolemy. For , who came immediately after the first (Ptolemy), makes mention of : and, further, they say that Ptolemy once asked him if there was in geometry any shorter way than that of , and he answered that there was no royal road to geometry. He is then younger than the pupils of but older than  and ; for the latter were contemporary with one another, as  somewhere says.