Continuation of the exploration of the soul. The harmony of the soul. The type (shape-form) of the soul. The powers and actions of the soul.

Proclus, one of the last great thinkers of Neoplatonic philosophy and ancient Greek philosophical thought in general, was born in Constantinople on February 8, 412 AD. Coming from a wealthy family from Lycia, he studied at the best educational centers of his time, Alexandria, Constantinople, and Athens. There he came into contact with the Athenian Neoplatonic Academy, which captivated him completely and of which he became the director after the death of his teacher, Syrianus.

He died in Athens on April 17, 485 AD and was buried near Lykabettus. Living in a time of syncretic chaos, he would compose the entire preceding Neoplatonic philosophical tradition into a unified and complex system, influenced by Pythagorean, Aristotelian, and Stoic elements; in his system, he would amalgamate the one god, the intelligible and intellectual substances, magic, and various beings of a demon-like character, and in this form, he would hand it over to the scholastic Middle Ages.

His work is a key source for any student of Neoplatonic philosophy, as well as of Plato himself, whose original and extremely interesting interpretations he often proposes.

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