Institute for the Classical Tradition
ANRW II.36.2, pp. 862-909
 
Iamblichus of Chalcis (c. 240-325 A.D.)
by John Dillon, Dublin

Contents

I. Life

863

II. Works

875

III. Philosophy

878

1. Physics

880

A. The One

880

B. The Intelligible Realm

885

a) The Intelligible Realm

885

b) Aeon

887

c) The Paradigm

887

d) The Intelligible Triad

888

e) Other Triads

888

f) The Demiurge

889

C. The Psychic Realm

890

a) Time

891

b) Space

892

c) The Individual Soul

893

d) The Vehicle (ochêma) of the Soul

898

D. Nature and Matter

898

E. The Gods and Daemons

899

2. Ethics

902

3. Logic

904

IV. Influence

907
Bibliography 908

I. Texts

908

1. Iamblichus

908

2. Other Relevant Ancient Texts

908

II. Secondary Works

908
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