Proclus

• Proclus Lycaeus, (8th Feb 412-17th April 485 CE) also known as ‘The Successor’, was a Greek Neoplatonist philosopher.
• He became Head of ‘The Academy’ in Athens which was founded by Plato 800 years earlier.

Biography

• Proclus was born in Constantinople to a noble family.
• He studied and worked in Alexandria before eventually moving to Athens, where he became Head of the Academy founded by Plato.

Works

• Commentaries on the Dialogues of Plato.
• A commentary on Euclid‘s ‘Elements of Geometry’.