Damascius (Graece Δαμάσκιος, Damasci circa 458 natus, post 538 mortuus), ultimus Neoplatonista appellatus, fuit utimus scholarches Scholae Athenarum et unus ex philosophis paganis a Iustiniano saeculo sexto ineunte vexatis. Sua opera exstantia in tribus commentariis de operibus Platonis et libro de metaphysica, Difficilitates et Solutiones Principiorum Primorum appellato, consistunt.

Fontes

• Ahbel-Rappe, Sara. 2010. Damascius' Problems and Solutions Regarding First Principles. Novi Ebraci: Oxford University Press. American Academy of Religion: Texts & Translation.
• Andron,Cosmin. 2004. Damascius on knowledge and its object. Rhizai 1:107–124.
• Andron, Cosmin. Knowledge and Reality in Damascius. Dissertatio Ph.D., Universitas Londinii.
• Athanassiadi, P. 1993. Persecution and Response in late Paganism. The evidence of Damascius. In: Journal of Hellenic Studies 113 (1993), pp. 1–29.
• Gertz, Sebastian R. P. 2011. Death and Immortality in Late Neoplatonism: Studies on the Ancient Commentaries on Plato's Phaedo, Leiden: Brill, 2011.
• Haeling, Raban von.1980. Damascius und die heidnische Opposition im 5. Jahrhundert nach Christus. Jahrbuch für Antike und Christentum 23:82–85.
• Hartmann, Udo. 2002. Geist im Exil. Römische Philosophen am Hof der Sasaniden. In Grenzüberschreitungen. Formen des Kontakts zwischen Orient und Okzident im Altertum, ed. Udo Hartmann, Andreas Luther, et Monika Schuol. Stuttgart.
• Martindale, John R., et John Morris. 1980. The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire II. Cantabrigiae.
• Mazzucchi, Carlo Maria.2006. Damascio, Autore del Corpus Dionysiacum, e il dialogo Περι Πολιτικης Επιστημης. Aevum: Rassegna di scienze storiche linguistiche e filologiche 80(2):299–334.
• Rappe. S. 1998. Scepticism in the sixth century? Damascius’ ‘Doubts and Solutions Concerning First Principles.,’ Journal of the History of Philosophy 36:337–363.

Nexus interni

• Iamblichus
• Plotinus
• Simplicius Cilicus

Notae

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