Asclepigenia floruit fl. 430 AD was an Athenian philosopher and Mysticism mystic whose life is known from an account in Marinus of Neapolis Marinus Life of Proclus . Her father, Plutarch of Athens was head of the Neoplatonism Neoplatonist school at Athens , and instructed Asclepigenia and her brother Hierius in the philosophies of Plato and Aristotle . ref name waithe Mary Ellen Waithe, A History of Women Philosophers. Volume 1, 600 BC 500 AD , pages 201 5. Springer ref To Asclepigenia alone, though, he passed on the Chaldean mythology Chaldean mysticism and theurgy that had been taught to him by his father Nestorius philosopher Nestorius . ref name cambridge The Cambridge Ancient History. XIII. The Late Empire A.D. 337 425 , page 557. Cambridge University Press. ref Following her father s death, Asclepigenia continued in her profession her most famous student was Proclus , ref name waithe whom she initiated into the arcane rituals of theurgy. ref name cambridge References reflist Platonists Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Asclepigenia ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Asclepigenia Category 5th century Byzantine people Category 5th century philosophers Category Ancient Greek women philosophers Category Neoplatonists in Athens Category Roman era philosophers Category Roman era Athenian women Category Roman era Athenian philosophers Category Women of the Byzantine Empire Ancient Rome bio stub philosopher stub it Asclepigenia pl Asklepigenia pt Asclepig nia de Atenas fi Asklepigenia sv Asclepigenia ... more details
Hierius lang el was a Neoplatonist philosopher, a son of Plutarch of Athens , and brother of Asclepigenia , who lived in the early 5th century. Plutarch instructed both Hierius and Asclepigenia in the Neoplatonist philosophies of his school, and after his death they continued his teachings together with their colleague, Syrianus . References Schmitz, L., in, Smith, W., A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology , page 452. London. 1870 . Waithe, M., A History of Women Philosophers , page 201. Springer. 1987 . Category 5th century philosophers Category Neoplatonists Category Roman era philosophers Category Roman era Athenian philosophers nl Hierius neoplatonist ... more details
For the celebrated historian, biographer, essayist, and Middle Platonist Plutarch platonism Plutarch of Athens ca. 350 430 AD was a Greek philosopher and Neoplatonist who taught at Athens at the beginning of the 5th century. He reestablished the Platonic Academy there and became its leader. He wrote commentaries on Aristotle and Plato , emphasizing the doctrines which they had in common. Life He was the son of Nestorius and father of Hierius and Asclepigenia , who were his colleagues in the school. The origin of Neoplatonism in Athens is not known, but Plutarch is generally seen as the person who reestablished Platonic Academy Plato s Academy in its Neoplatonist form. Plutarch and his followers the Platonic Succession claimed to be the disciples of Iamblichus , and through him of Porphyry philosopher Porphyry and Plotinus . Numbered among his disciples were Syrianus , who succeeded him as head of the school, and Proclus . Philosophy Plutarch s main principle was that the study of Aristotle must precede that of Plato , and that the student should be taught to realize primarily the fundamental points of agreement between them. With this object he wrote a commentary on Aristotle s On the Soul De Anima which was the most important contribution to Aristotelian literature since the time of Alexander of Aphrodisias and a commentary on the Timaeus of Plato. His example was followed by Syrianus and others of the school. This critical spirit reached its greatest height in Proclus, the ablest exponent of this latter day syncretism. Plutarch was versed in all the theurgy theurgic traditions of the school, and believed, along with Iamblichus , in the possibility of attaining to communion with the Deity by the medium of the theurgic rites. Unlike the Alexandrian school Alexandrists and the early Renaissance writers, he maintained that the soul which is bound up in the body by the ties of imagination and sensation does not perish with the corporeal media of sensation. In psycholog ... more details
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