▸ HEAD-TO-HEAD
PORPHYRY VS PROCLUS
Porphyry
~234–305
The eternal pattern beneath the changing surface.
Proclus
412–485
The eternal pattern beneath the changing surface.
▸ WHERE THEY SHARPLY DISAGREED
The three dimensions on which Porphyry and Proclus are farthest apart on Mull's 0–10 scale.
- Mystical ReceptivityΔ 2 / 10Porphyry: 6/10Proclus: 8/10
somewhat (2/10): Proclus is more open to mystical or apophatic depths; Porphyry stays within what reason can name.
- Theoretical DriveΔ 2 / 10Porphyry: 8/10Proclus: 10/10
somewhat (2/10): Proclus pursues understanding for its own sake; Porphyry is more interested in what understanding is for.
- Universalist ImpulseΔ 1 / 10Porphyry: 7/10Proclus: 8/10
somewhat (1/10): Proclus reaches for universal moral principles; Porphyry weighs particular contexts more heavily.
▸ WHERE THEY OVERLAPPED
Where the gap is smallest — both with meaningful presence on the dimension (not "neither cared").
- Self as Illusiongap 0 / 10Porphyry: 6/10Proclus: 6/10
Both register moderate self as illusion.
- Ascetic Tendencygap 0 / 10Porphyry: 7/10Proclus: 7/10
Both lean strongly into ascetic tendency.
- Practical Orientationgap 0 / 10Porphyry: 5/10Proclus: 5/10
Both register moderate practical orientation.
▸ ALL 16 DIMENSIONS
The full vector comparison. Bars show their 0–10 scores side-by-side.
- Ascetic TendencyΔ 0
- Communal EmbeddednessΔ 0
- Embodied SensibilityΔ 0
- Mystical ReceptivityΔ 2
- Practical OrientationΔ 0
- Reverence for TraditionΔ 0
- Self as IllusionΔ 0
- Skeptical ReflexΔ 0
- Sovereign SelfΔ 0
- Theoretical DriveΔ 2
- Trust in ExperienceΔ 0
- Trust in ReasonΔ 0
- Tragic VisionΔ 0
- Universalist ImpulseΔ 1
- Vital AffirmationΔ 0
- Will to PowerΔ 0
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