Aedesius

Neoplatonist philosopher

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Born: 280s
Died: 350s
Birthplace: Cappadocia
Citizenship: Ancient Rome
Occupation: philosopher
Languages spoken, written or signed: Ancient Greek

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Aedesius was a Neoplatonic philosopher and mystic. He was born into a wealthy Cappadocian family, but he moved to Syria, where he was apprenticed to Iamblichus. None of his writings have survived, but there is an extant biography by Eunapius, a Greek sophist and historian of the 4th century who wrote a collection of biographies titled Lives of the Sophists. Aedesius's philosophical doctrine was a mixture between Platonism and eclecticism and, according to Eunapius, he differed from Iamblichus on certain points connected with theurgy and magic.

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Student of: Iamblichus
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1.Stated in Dictionnaire des philosophes antiques III
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Sex or gender: male
Student: Chrysanthius
Eusebius of Myndus
Eustathius of Cappadocia
Maximus of Ephesus
Time period: Roman Empire
Field of work: philosophy
Work location: Pergamon
Writing language: Ancient Greek

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