2016/12/12 by M. J. Edwards · 1 citation
Arts and Humanities · Social Sciences · #Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies #Classical Philosophy and Thought #Classical Antiquity Studies #Astrology #Philosophy #Memoir #Happiness #Virtue #Literature #Classics #Art #Epistemology #Law #Political science
paper · doi:10.1002/9781444338386.wbeah30133
openalex publication_date 2016/12/12 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/14
Abstract The Neoplatonic philosopher Marinus of Neapolis succeeded Proclus as head of the Academy in Athens in 485 ce . His surviving works include a commentary on the Data of Euclid, and he is credited also with an erudite treatise on astrology. He owes his fame primarily, however, to his Proclus, or On Happiness , a hagiographic memoir of his predecessor, unmistakable hostile to C hristianity, which treats the life of Proclus as an exemplary progression from civic to philosophic virtue.