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HoP 097 - A Tale of Two Cities - The Last Pagan Philosophers

History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps

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The Problem With the First Principle

In the phido, Socrates just assumes that soul and body are two different things. Damascus grapples with the system handed down to him from a yablicus and proclus. He raises and then resolves problems that arise within this late neoplatonic system. His most important contribution comes towards the beginning of the work when he tackles the difficult problem of the first principle itself.

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