Interpreting Proclus

This is the first book to provide an account of the influence of Proclus a member of the Athenian Neoplatonic School during more than one thousand years of European history (c.5001600). Proclus was the most important philosopher of late antiquity a dominant (albeit controversial) voice in Byzantine thought the second most influential Greek philosopher in the later western Middle Ages (after Aristotle) and a major figure (together with Plotinus) in the revival of Greek philosophy in the Renaissance. Proclus was also intensively studied in the Islamic world of the Middle Ages and was a major influence on the thought of medieval Georgia. The volume begins with a substantial essay by the editor summarizing the entire history of Proclus'' reception. This is followed by the essays of more than a dozen of the world''s leading authorities in the various specific areas covered.