Editing Proclus (section)

{{Short description|5th-century Greek Neoplatonist philosopher}}
{{distinguish|Procles}}
{{about other people|Proclus Diadochus, the Neoplatonist philosopher|Proclus}}
{{Infobox philosopher
| name = Proclus
| image = File:In_primum_Euclidis_elementorum_librum_01.jpg
| caption = The beginning of the first Latin edition of Proclus' ''Commentary on Euclid's Elements''
| birth_date = 412
| birth_place = [[Constantinople]], [[Thracia]], [[Eastern Roman Empire]]
| death_date = 485 (aged 72–73)
| death_place = [[Athens]], [[Achaea (Roman province)|Achaea]], Eastern Roman Empire
| other_names = "The Successor"
| era = [[Ancient philosophy]]
| region = [[Western philosophy]]
| school_tradition = [[Neoplatonism]]
| main_interests = [[Metaphysics]]
| notable_ideas = [[Platonism|Platonic]] [[theology]]
}}

'''Proclus Lycius''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|p|r|ɒ|k|l|ə|s|_|l|aɪ|ˈ|s|iː|ə|s}}; 8 February 412&nbsp;– 17 April 485), called '''Proclus the Successor''' ({{langx|grc|Πρόκλος ὁ Διάδοχος}}, ''Próklos ho Diádokhos''), was a [[Greek philosophy|Greek]] [[Neoplatonism|Neoplatonist]] [[Philosophy|philosopher]], one of the last major classical philosophers of [[late antiquity]]. He set forth one of the most elaborate and fully developed systems of Neoplatonism and, through later interpreters and translators, exerted an influence on [[Byzantine philosophy]], [[early Islamic philosophy]], [[scholastic philosophy]], and [[German idealism]], especially [[G. W. F. Hegel]], who called Proclus's ''Platonic Theology'' "the true turning point or transition from ancient to modern times, from ancient philosophy to Christianity."<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Proclus |title=Proclus' commentary on Plato's Parmenides |last2=Plato |last3=Morrow |first3=Glenn R. |last4=Dillon |first4=John M. |last5=Proclus |last6=Proclus |date=1992 |publisher=Princeton Univ. Pr |isbn=978-0-691-02089-1 |edition=1. Princeton paperback print., with corr |location=Princeton, NJ |pages=466}}</ref>