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Olympiodorus
Olympiodorus
c. 500 CE–c. 570 CE · Alexandria
Olympiodorus the Younger (c. 500-after 565 CE) was a Greek Neoplatonist philosopher who taught at Alexandria, among the last leaders of the pagan philosophical school there. He lectured on Plato and Aristotle, and several of his commentaries survive, including ones on Platonic dialogues, preserving much of the late Alexandrian philosophical tradition. He is a key witness to philosophy in 6th-century Alexandria.
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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, Elias Neoplatonicus
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Ammonius, Eutocius, John Philoponus, David the Invincible, Elias Neoplatonicus
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