Quote of the day
The basis of tragedy is man's helplessness against disease, war and death; the basis of comedy is man's helplessness against vanity (the vanity of love, greed, lust, power).
Iamblichus
Born: 250
Died: 330 (aged 80)
Bio: Iamblichus, also known as Iamblichus Chalcidensis, or Iamblichus of Apamea, was a Syrian Neoplatonist philosopher who determined the direction taken by later Neoplatonic philosophy.
Known for:
- The life of Pythagoras
- The theology of arithmetic
- Exhortation to Philosophy
- On the Pythagorean life
- Iamblichus De anima
Iamblichus Quotes