Proclus
From Astro-Databank
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| born on | 8 February 0412 (greg.) at 09:00 (= 09:00 AM ) | ||
| Place | Byzantium, Greece, 41n02, 28e48 | ||
| Timezone | LMT m28e48 (is local mean time) | ||
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| Astrology data |   19°14'   04°33 Asc. 04°15'
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Biography
Greek educator, head of the Platonic Academy of Athens and translator of Ptolemy’s "Tetrabiblios" into Latin. Proclus was the last of the major Greek philosophers, and he was influential in helping Neoplatonic ideas to spread throughout the Byzantine, Islamic and Roman worlds. "Elements of Theology" was his most important work.
His father was a noble, rich Lycian, Patricius, and his mother was Marcella. He grew up at Xanthus, and he was destined to practice law. He studied philosophy with Olympiodorus the Elder at Alexandria and showed a gift for words. Although his maternal language was Greek, and he wrote in Greek throughout his life, he studied Latin extensively. He went on to study at Athens with the Greek philosophers, Plutarch and Syrianus, whom he succeeded as head of the Academy founded by Plato. He was opposed to Christianity and a passionate defender of paganism, believing that thoughts, rather than concrete ‘things,’ comprise reality. Proclus influenced Christian theology, both East and West.
Taken ill while at Xanthus, he reportedly he saw a vision of Apollo who touched him and healed him. Proclus died 7/14/485.
Source Notes
We are leaving this as originally entered, but changing the rating from B to XX. The original source notes said, "Cyril Fagan in American Astrology 6/1968 quotes "Thomas Taylor, "Life of Proclus" for February 8, 412 BCE. Arthur Blackwell gives the same data from "Greek Horoscopes" by O. Neugebauer and H.B. Van Hosen.
(Lescaut quotes "archives" for 7:15 AM LMT, not verified.)
(Date style not given, time signature not given. Needs more research.)"
Categories
- Notable : Famous : Top 5% of Profession
- Traits : Mind : Education extensive (Well educated for time period)
- Personal : Religion/Spirituality : Philosopher/ Humanist (Philosopher)
- Vocation : Writers : Translator
- Personal : Religion/Spirituality : Atheist (Opposed to Christianity)
- Diagnoses : Major Diseases : Spontaneous healing (Healed by Apollo in vision)
- Personal : Death : Long life more than 80 yrs (Age 73, extremely old for time period)
- Family : Childhood : Advantaged (Affluent family)
