The metaphysical connotations of the Atlantis Myth according to the Neoplatonist philosopher Proclus
Abstract
In his interpretation of the Platonic Timaeus, the Neoplatonist philosopher Proclus (412-485) used the Atlantis myth in order to implement his theory concerning the derivation of the sensible world from a certain transcendent reality on the basis of the monistic orientation of his philosophical system. This myth offered Proclus the philosophical and the historical frame so as to show that a war between human societies can correspond to and depict with remarkable exactness the rivalry, which is evident in the universe.
Keywords
Proclus; Plato; Timaeus; Atlantis myth; metaphysics
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