Ancient · c. 245–325
Who influenced Iamblichus?
Influences and legacy
Neoplatonist theurgist who turned Plotinus' ascent into ritual and divine names.
Iamblichus was influenced by Porphyry, and went on to influence Proclus. That is 2 lines of the 448 documented lines of influence between the 279 thinkers on this map.
Who was Iamblichus?
Iamblichus, a Syrian Neoplatonist, set the direction Neoplatonism took after him. He also wrote a life of Pythagoras.
His Protrepticus preserves about ten pages by an unnamed sophist, known today as the Anonymus Iamblichi, which makes it an important source on the sophists.
Summarized from the lead of the Wikipedia article.
Who influenced Iamblichus?
1 direct influence on this map, earliest first.
- Porphyry c. 234–305
Who did Iamblichus influence?
1 thinker on this map draws directly on Iamblichus.
- Proclus AD 412–485
The line of teachers behind Iamblichus
The longest documented line of influence ending at Iamblichus runs 8 generations back, to Thales of Miletus.
Two steps away from Iamblichus
Indirect influences
The second generation
- Through Proclus: Pseudo-Dionysius
Iamblichus by the numbers
- Direct influences
- 1
- Direct followers
- 1
- Thinkers upstream
- 17
- Thinkers downstream
- 124
- Wikipedia languages
- 45 — #45 of 54 among ancient philosophers
- Card rarity
- Rare
Questions about Iamblichus
- Who influenced Iamblichus?
- Porphyry.
- Who did Iamblichus influence?
- Proclus.
- When did Iamblichus live?
- c. 245–325. The map files Iamblichus under the ancient world.
- How rare is the Iamblichus card?
- Wikipedia carries an article on Iamblichus in 45 languages, which makes it a Rare card. Legendary starts at 100 languages, Epic at 50 and Rare at 25.
More ancient philosophers
- Confucius 551–479 BC
- Aristotle 384–322 BC
- Plato c. 428–348 BC
- Socrates c. 470–399 BC
- Pythagoras c. 570–495 BC
- Laozi c. 6th c. BC
- Cicero 106–43 BC
- Thales of Miletus c. 624–546 BC