Theodorus of Asine
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Theodorus of Asine was a Neoplatonist philosopher, and a native of one of the towns which bore the name of Asine, probably Asine
in Laconia
.
He was a disciple of Porphyry
, and one of the most eminent of the Neoplatonists. Proclus
repeatedly mentions him in his commentaries on Plato
, and frequently adds to his name some laudatory epithet,"the great," "the admirable," "the noble." He wrote a work on the soul
, now lost. It is cited by Nemesius of Emesa in his De Natura Hominis.
Asine (Laconia)
Asine was an ancient town in the Laconia region of Greece.In the Mycenaean period of Greece, there was thought to be a town called Vorthona, now submerged. In Ancient Greece, the town was called Asine. It was under Spartan control. In 218 BC, the inhabtitants of Asine defeated the army of Philip V...
in Laconia
Laconia
Laconia , also known as Lacedaemonia, is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of Peloponnese. It is situated in the southeastern part of the Peloponnese peninsula. Its administrative capital is Sparti...
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He was a disciple of Porphyry
Porphyry (philosopher)
Porphyry of Tyre , Porphyrios, AD 234–c. 305) was a Neoplatonic philosopher who was born in Tyre. He edited and published the Enneads, the only collection of the work of his teacher Plotinus. He also wrote many works himself on a wide variety of topics...
, and one of the most eminent of the Neoplatonists. Proclus
Proclus
Proclus Lycaeus , called "The Successor" or "Diadochos" , was a Greek Neoplatonist philosopher, one of the last major Classical philosophers . He set forth one of the most elaborate and fully developed systems of Neoplatonism...
repeatedly mentions him in his commentaries on Plato
Plato
Plato , was a Classical Greek philosopher, mathematician, student of Socrates, writer of philosophical dialogues, and founder of the Academy in Athens, the first institution of higher learning in the Western world. Along with his mentor, Socrates, and his student, Aristotle, Plato helped to lay the...
, and frequently adds to his name some laudatory epithet,"the great," "the admirable," "the noble." He wrote a work on the soul
Soul
A soul in certain spiritual, philosophical, and psychological traditions is the incorporeal essence of a person or living thing or object. Many philosophical and spiritual systems teach that humans have souls, and others teach that all living things and even inanimate objects have souls. The...
, now lost. It is cited by Nemesius of Emesa in his De Natura Hominis.