Proclus vs Damascius
April 7, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Proclus vs Damascius
I was writing the section of my paper on the Syrian-Greek philosopher Damascius’ quest to find what comes before thought and his eureka-like discovery of the idea of potentiality in his blank writing tablet, and I immediately thought of Andy Burnham’s speech and the last 10 years of UK politics…
September 30, 2026 at 11:59 AM
I was writing the section of my paper on the Syrian-Greek philosopher Damascius’ quest to find what comes before thought and his eureka-like discovery of the idea of potentiality in his blank writing tablet, and I immediately thought of Andy Burnham’s speech and the last 10 years of UK politics…
This is very interesting, thank you. Damascius' blank slate made me think, obliquely, of Kant's flame dancing in the hearth and the "wandering imagination". Your research sounds fascinating.
September 30, 2026 at 12:22 PM
This is very interesting, thank you. Damascius' blank slate made me think, obliquely, of Kant's flame dancing in the hearth and the "wandering imagination". Your research sounds fascinating.
It feels good to be working on Damascius again. I'd forgotten how extensive my notes were beyond what got incorporated into my two articles on Damascius from Dionysius 31 & 37. In fact, there's an almost complete first draft article on syzygy in Damascius that I basically forgot about!
February 4, 2025 at 7:53 PM
It feels good to be working on Damascius again. I'd forgotten how extensive my notes were beyond what got incorporated into my two articles on Damascius from Dionysius 31 & 37. In fact, there's an almost complete first draft article on syzygy in Damascius that I basically forgot about!
I need to read what remains of Damascius at some point.
September 28, 2026 at 12:23 AM
I need to read what remains of Damascius at some point.
Props to Damascius
March 31, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Props to Damascius
Junyan Song, "How Damascius Correlates First Principles in Orphic Theology to His Neoplatonic First Principles: Damascius, On First Principles Chapter 123," ΣΧΟΛΗ 18.2 (2024), 593-606. t.co/kZ9LFWEukI
https://classics.nsu.ru/schole/assets/files/18-2-song.pdf
t.co
December 3, 2024 at 3:31 PM
Junyan Song, "How Damascius Correlates First Principles in Orphic Theology to His Neoplatonic First Principles: Damascius, On First Principles Chapter 123," ΣΧΟΛΗ 18.2 (2024), 593-606. t.co/kZ9LFWEukI
The "Byzantine" philosopher Damascius the Diadochus (VI c., roughly under the reign of Justinian I) was soooooooo close to say something Zen. What a pity. Oh, well...
#Damascius #Δαμασκιος #neoplatonism #Buddhism #Mahayana #Madhyamika #Nagarjuna #Daoism #佛教 #道教
#Damascius #Δαμασκιος #neoplatonism #Buddhism #Mahayana #Madhyamika #Nagarjuna #Daoism #佛教 #道教
July 9, 2025 at 2:19 PM
The "Byzantine" philosopher Damascius the Diadochus (VI c., roughly under the reign of Justinian I) was soooooooo close to say something Zen. What a pity. Oh, well...
#Damascius #Δαμασκιος #neoplatonism #Buddhism #Mahayana #Madhyamika #Nagarjuna #Daoism #佛教 #道教
#Damascius #Δαμασκιος #neoplatonism #Buddhism #Mahayana #Madhyamika #Nagarjuna #Daoism #佛教 #道教
"Becoming is not simply non-being, but is to subsist at different times in a different part of being," (Damascius, as reported by Simplicius, In Phys. 774f).
February 9, 2025 at 6:36 PM
"Becoming is not simply non-being, but is to subsist at different times in a different part of being," (Damascius, as reported by Simplicius, In Phys. 774f).
Nice formulation of the great maxim from Damascius’ Parmenides commentary (II, 4.22): “All things are in each other peculiarly [panta en allēlois idiōs].”
April 13, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Nice formulation of the great maxim from Damascius’ Parmenides commentary (II, 4.22): “All things are in each other peculiarly [panta en allēlois idiōs].”
Onde se lê Damacius é Damascius, perdão pelo erro anterior.
July 3, 2026 at 4:29 PM
Onde se lê Damacius é Damascius, perdão pelo erro anterior.
Yay! After hearing Sara Ahbel-Rappe discuss Damascius on the SHWEP I just had to get into the source material!
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I really resisted drawing Platonist associations with my own work prior to hearing about Damascius.
Divine confusion here I come!
#occultsky
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I really resisted drawing Platonist associations with my own work prior to hearing about Damascius.
Divine confusion here I come!
#occultsky
November 21, 2024 at 9:51 PM
Yay! After hearing Sara Ahbel-Rappe discuss Damascius on the SHWEP I just had to get into the source material!
shwep.net/podcast/all-...
I really resisted drawing Platonist associations with my own work prior to hearing about Damascius.
Divine confusion here I come!
#occultsky
shwep.net/podcast/all-...
I really resisted drawing Platonist associations with my own work prior to hearing about Damascius.
Divine confusion here I come!
#occultsky
The latest in Oluwaseyi's series of readings of my work focuses on the constitutive—indeed, cosmogonic—role of theoretical "leaps" in Damascius, and the way that this can transform our grasp of the Platonic system.
Syzygy and Metaphors of Procession
On Butlerian Henadology - Part IV.2
by
Oluwaseyi Bello
symmetria.substack.com/p/syzygy-and...
On Butlerian Henadology - Part IV.2
by
Oluwaseyi Bello
symmetria.substack.com/p/syzygy-and...
Syzygy and Metaphors of Procession
On Butlerian Henadology - Part IV.2
symmetria.substack.com
September 26, 2026 at 3:51 PM
The latest in Oluwaseyi's series of readings of my work focuses on the constitutive—indeed, cosmogonic—role of theoretical "leaps" in Damascius, and the way that this can transform our grasp of the Platonic system.
This was a fascinating talk, especially in light of the direct testimony of Damascius, in his Philosophical History, concerning the philosopher Asclepiodotus, a student of Proclus and a charismatic presence in late 5th century Aphrodisias.
December 3, 2024 at 6:33 PM
This was a fascinating talk, especially in light of the direct testimony of Damascius, in his Philosophical History, concerning the philosopher Asclepiodotus, a student of Proclus and a charismatic presence in late 5th century Aphrodisias.
#257
“Those who would be gods must first become humans.”
—Damascius (via David Pecotić)
@djp1974.bsky.social
#aphorisms #proverbs #poetry
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“Those who would be gods must first become humans.”
—Damascius (via David Pecotić)
@djp1974.bsky.social
#aphorisms #proverbs #poetry
🖤
December 21, 2024 at 2:24 AM
#257
“Those who would be gods must first become humans.”
—Damascius (via David Pecotić)
@djp1974.bsky.social
#aphorisms #proverbs #poetry
🖤
“Those who would be gods must first become humans.”
—Damascius (via David Pecotić)
@djp1974.bsky.social
#aphorisms #proverbs #poetry
🖤
December 21, 2024 at 1:51 AM
April 15, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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New video:
Neoplatonic Virtue: The True Philosophers
We discuss various points of detail in Damascius' description of the true philosophers.
New video:
Neoplatonic Virtue: The True Philosophers
We discuss various points of detail in Damascius' description of the true philosophers.
Neoplatonic Virtue: The True Philosophers
YouTube video by Antonio Vargas
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February 2, 2026 at 2:01 AM
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New video:
Neoplatonic Virtue: The True Philosophers
We discuss various points of detail in Damascius' description of the true philosophers.
New video:
Neoplatonic Virtue: The True Philosophers
We discuss various points of detail in Damascius' description of the true philosophers.
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Join our online course on Polytheism in Greek Philosophy. Explore ancient wisdom with Plotinus, Porphyry, Iamblichus,Proclus,Damascius.
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My AAR proposal was accepted! I will be presenting on "Damascius' Crisis of Participation and Our Own" as part of the Platonism and Neoplatonism Unit.
The abstract is below.
The abstract is below.
April 2, 2025 at 2:38 PM
My AAR proposal was accepted! I will be presenting on "Damascius' Crisis of Participation and Our Own" as part of the Platonism and Neoplatonism Unit.
The abstract is below.
The abstract is below.
Damascius/Proclus on Justice: the whole world is a system of justice.
March 13, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Damascius/Proclus on Justice: the whole world is a system of justice.
December 20, 2025 at 6:54 PM
There's an extent to which I think about the way both Pastor Johnny and the CCRU talk about unity, though probably the former especially, and end up feeling like Neoplatonists such as Damascius already kinda had it when they argued unity and multiplicity as different expressions of the same thing.
September 27, 2026 at 10:49 PM
There's an extent to which I think about the way both Pastor Johnny and the CCRU talk about unity, though probably the former especially, and end up feeling like Neoplatonists such as Damascius already kinda had it when they argued unity and multiplicity as different expressions of the same thing.
Interesting details here on Marinus' conversion:
He held the temple of Mount Gerizim was dedicated to Zeus Hypsistos and it is to Zeus Hypsistos that Abraham was consecrated
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Samaritan religion was a deviation from Abraham's religion
He held the temple of Mount Gerizim was dedicated to Zeus Hypsistos and it is to Zeus Hypsistos that Abraham was consecrated
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Samaritan religion was a deviation from Abraham's religion
October 26, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Interesting details here on Marinus' conversion:
He held the temple of Mount Gerizim was dedicated to Zeus Hypsistos and it is to Zeus Hypsistos that Abraham was consecrated
+
Samaritan religion was a deviation from Abraham's religion
He held the temple of Mount Gerizim was dedicated to Zeus Hypsistos and it is to Zeus Hypsistos that Abraham was consecrated
+
Samaritan religion was a deviation from Abraham's religion