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Elias Neoplatonicus
Elias Neoplatonicus
c. 515 CE–c. 580 CE · Alexandria
Elias was a Neoplatonist philosopher of the Alexandrian school, active in the 6th century CE. He is known for commentaries and introductions to philosophy, including works on Porphyry's 'Isagoge' and on Aristotle's 'Categories,' associated with the teaching tradition of Olympiodorus. Details of his life are scarce, and even his name and identity are somewhat uncertain.
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About Alexandria
Alexandria (al-Iskandariyya) is the great Mediterranean port-city of northern Egypt, founded by Alexander the Great in 331 BCE and a leading centre of learning in antiquity. After the Muslim conquest of Egypt (642) it remained a major commercial and scholarly hub; the Shadhili Sufi Ibn Ata Allah al-Iskandari (d. 1309) took his nisba from the city, and the modernist reformer Muhammad Abduh (d. 1905) was active in Egypt's intellectual life there and in Cairo.
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Ammonius, Eutocius, John Philoponus, David the Invincible, Olympiodorus
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Ammonius, Eutocius, John Philoponus, David the Invincible, Olympiodorus
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In Porphyrii Isagogen
Alexandria