Proclus
Proper noun
Meaning
Proclus
A male given name from Ancient Greek
Specifically, a Greek Neoplatonist philosopher.
Examples
Alternatively, the Trojans and Pallas Athena were the judges Homer, Odyssey λ 542. Proclus, Chrestomathy 3, Little Iliad.
As Proclus wrote: The Pythagoreans considered all mathematical science to be divided into four parts: one half they marked off as concerned with quantity, the other half with magnitude; and each of these they posited as twofold.
Because the soul's attention, while inhabiting a body, is turned so far away from its origin in the intelligible world, Proclus thinks that we need to make use of bodily reminders of our spiritual origin.
Both Plato and Aristotle praise this philosopher, and Proclus has written a commentary on him.
For example, the neoplatonist Proclus describes the Logos in terms of the "One beyond being".
For Proclus, philosophy is important because it is one of the primary ways to rescue the soul from a fascination with the body and restore it to its station.