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Proclus

<p><b >Proclus Lycaeus</b>&#160;(<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English" title="Help:IPA for English" >/ˈprɒkləs&#160;ˌlaɪˈsiːəs/</a>; 8 February 412&#160;– 17 April 485 AD), called&#160;<b >the Successor</b>&#160;(<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language" >Greek</a>&#160;Πρόκλος ὁ Διάδοχος,&#160;<i >Próklos ho Diádokhos</i>), was a&#160;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_philosophy" title="Greek philosophy" class="mw-redirect" >Greek</a>&#160;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neoplatonist" title="Neoplatonist" class="mw-redirect" >Neoplatonist</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophy" title="Philosophy" >philosopher</a>, one of the last major Classical philosophers (see&#160;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damascius" title="Damascius" >Damascius</a>). He set forth one of the most elaborate and fully developed systems of&#160;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neoplatonism" title="Neoplatonism" >Neoplatonism</a>. He stands near the end of the classical development of&#160;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophy" title="Philosophy" >philosophy</a>, and was very influential on Western&#160;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medieval_philosophy" title="Medieval philosophy" >medieval philosophy</a>&#160;(Greek and Latin) as well as&#160;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_philosophy" title="Islamic philosophy" >Islamic thought</a>.

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