Proclus
412–485
“Systematic Neoplatonism — every cause overflows itself; reality is graded triads.”
The four dimensions in the 16-axis model where this thinker scores highest. People in this archetype tend to lean the same way.
- TDTheoretical Drive10 / 10
- TRTrust in Reason8 / 10
- MRMystical Receptivity8 / 10
- UIUniversalist Impulse8 / 10
The six thinkers whose 16-dimensional positions sit closest to this one. Useful as next-reading suggestions.
- PorphyryLIGHTHOUSE
Editor of Plotinus; Isagoge framed medieval logic for a thousand years.
- Mulla SadraLIGHTHOUSE
Existence precedes essence. Reality of being intensifies through gradation. Trans-substantial motion.
- Marsilio FicinoLIGHTHOUSE
Renaissance Neoplatonism — soul as the bond between God and matter.
- DamasciusLIGHTHOUSE
Last head of the Athenian Academy — the Ineffable beyond even the One.
- CudworthLIGHTHOUSE
Cambridge Platonist — eternal moral truths, plastic nature.
- HypatiaLIGHTHOUSE
Alexandrian mathematician and Neoplatonist; pagan martyr at Christian hands.
Short exercises in the same tradition as Proclus's thought. Each takes 5–25 minutes.
Three doors lead onward.
- 01 · QUIZThe InheritorFind your archetype — discover whether you'd argue with Proclus or alongside them.CONTINUE ▶
- 02 · COMPAREProclus vs PorphyryOn Mull's map Porphyry sits closest. See where they agree and where they part.CONTINUE ▶
- 03 · DAILYToday's SparOne philosopher, one topic, five minutes. A new one drops every day.CONTINUE ▶