Simplicius of Cilicia
6th-century Greek pagan philosopher · Academics · Lived 480 to 560 · aged 80
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Something wrong?Simplicius of Cilicia was a Byzantine philosopher, a disciple of Ammonius Hermiae and Damascius, and one of the last of the Neoplatonists.
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The Emperor Justinian ordered the closure of the Neoplatonic academy.
Commentary on Aristotle's De Caelo by Simplicius. This 14th-century manuscript is signed by a former owner, Basilios Bessarion.
A page of the copy of Simplicius' Commentary on Aristotle's Physics made by Theodora Rhaulaina between 1261 and 1282. Moscow, State Historical Museum, Codex 3649, fol. 221r.Academics born in the 480s 4
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Simplicius of Cilicia was a Byzantine philosopher, a disciple of Ammonius Hermiae and Damascius, and one of the last of the Neoplatonists. He was among the pagan philosophers persecuted by Justinian in the early 6th century, and was forced for a time to seek refuge in the Persian court, before being allowed back into the empire. He wrote extensively on the works of Aristotle. Although his writings are all commentaries on Aristotle and other authors, rather than original compositions, his intelligent and prodigious learning makes him the last great philosopher of pagan antiquity. His works have preserved much information about earlier philosophers which would have otherwise been lost.
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