Proclus

Proclus Lycius
The beginning of the first Latin edition of Proclus' Commentary on Euclid's Elements
Born	412 Constantinople, Thracia, Eastern Roman Empire
Died	485 (aged 72–73) Athens, Achaea, Eastern Roman Empire
Other names	"The Successor"
Era	Ancient philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
School	Neoplatonism
Main interests	Metaphysics
Notable ideas	Platonic theology

Proclus Lycius (/ˈprɒkləs laɪˈsiəs/; 8 February 412 – 17 April 485), called Proclus the Successor (Greek: Πρόκλος ὁ Διάδοχος, Próklos ho Diádokhos), was a Greek Neoplatonist philosopher, one of the last major classical philosophers of late antiquity. He set forth one of the most elaborate and fully developed systems of Neoplatonism and, through later interpreters and translators, exerted an influence on Byzantine philosophy, Early Islamic philosophy, Scholastic philosophy, and German Idealism, especially G.W.F. Hegel, who called Proclus's Platonic Theology "the true turning point or transition from ancient to modern times, from ancient philosophy to Christianity."^[1]