stage 12

Level 12. Late Neoplatonism: Proclus, Athens, and the Twilight of Antique Magic

Students will examine the system of Proclus: henads, the triadic process (abiding-procession-reversion).

📖 8 cards reading4 question◷ ~20 min

Stage tree

  1. Reading

    The Athenian School: Syrianus and Proclus Diadochus

  2. Reading

    The Architecture of the Cosmos: Henads and Triads

  3. Question

    Test: The Metaphysics of Proclus

  4. Reading

    Telestikē: The Art of Animating Statues

  5. Reading

    Proclus' Hymns as Theurgic Practice

  6. Question

    Knowledge Check: Telestike and Hymns

  7. Reading

    Damascius and the Ineffable

  8. Reading

    529 AD: The Closing of the Academy and the Exodus of the Philosophers

  9. Question

    Test: The End of the Academy

  10. Reading

    The Harranian Sabians: Guardians of Hermeticism

  11. Reading

    Legacy: From Pseudo-Dionysius to the Renaissance

  12. Question

    Final Course Examination