Edesio
Sign in to saveAedesius (, died shortly before 355 AD) was a Neoplatonist philosopher and mystic. He was born into a wealthy Cappadocian family, but he moved to Syria, where he was apprenticed to Iamblichos. None of his writings have survived, but there is an extant biography by Eunapius, a Greek sophist and historian of the 4th century who wrote a collection of biographies titled Lives of the Sophists. Aedesius's philosophical doctrine was a mixture between Platonism and eclecticism and, according to Eunapius, he differed from Iamblichus on certain points connected with theurgy and magic.
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Ancient Rome
- Place of birth
- Cappadocia
- Occupation
- philosopher
- Languages spoken
- Ancient Greek
- Student of
- Iamblichus
- Field of work
- philosophy
- Work location
- Pergamon
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- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- writing language
- Ancient Greek
- date of death
- 0355-00-00
- student
- Maximus of Ephesus
- time period
- Roman Empire
- date of birth
- 0280-00-00
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Edesio (en griego antiguo, Αιδέσιος, f. 355), llamado a veces Edesio de Capadocia, fue un filósofo neoplatónico y místico nacido de una noble familia de Capadocia. Fue el fundador de la Escuela de Pérgamo.
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