Damascius (/dəˈmæʃəs/; Yunani: Δαμάσκιος, c. 458 – setelah 538), yang dikenal sebagai "Neoplatonis terakhir", adalah scholarch terakhir dari Mazhab Athena. Ia adalah salah satu filsuf pagan yang ditindas oleh Kaisar Yustinianus I pada awal abad ke-6 M, dan sempat terpaksa mengungsi ke Persia, sebelum diijinkan pulang ke Kekaisaran Bizantium. Karya-karyanya yang masih ada meliputi tiga komentar terhadap karya-karya Plato, dan sebuah teks metafisika berjudul Kesulitan dan Solusi Prinsip-prinsip Utama.
| Biografi | |
|---|---|
| Kelahiran | Second half 5 abad Damaskus |
| Kematian | First half 6 abad Aleksandria |
| Scholarch | |
| Data pribadi | |
| Agama | Hellenism |
| Kegiatan | |
| Spesialisasi | Filsafat |
| Pekerjaan | filsuf |
| Aliran | Neoplatonisme |
| Murid dari | Isidoros dari Aleksandria, Zenodotus, Marinus of Neapolis, Theon dan Ammonius Hermiae |
| Murid | Simplikios dari Kilikia, Olimpiodoros yang Muda dan Eulamius |
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- Polymnia Athanassiadi, Persecution and Response in late Paganism. The evidence of Damascius. In: Journal of Hellenic Studies 113 (1993), pp. 1–29.
- Cosmin Andron, Damascius on Knowledge and its Object. In: Rhizai 1 (2004) pp. 107–124
- Sebastian R. P. Gertz, Death and Immortality in Late Neoplatonism: Studies on the Ancient Commentaries on Plato's Phaedo, Leiden: Brill, 2011.
- Raban von Haehling, Damascius und die heidnische Opposition im 5. Jahrhundert nach Christus. In: Jahrbuch für Antike und Christentum 23 (1980), pp. 82–85.
- Udo Hartmann, Geist im Exil. Römische Philosophen am Hof der Sasaniden. In: Udo Hartmann/Andreas Luther/Monika Schuol (eds.), Grenzüberschreitungen. Formen des Kontakts zwischen Orient und Okzident im Altertum. Stuttgart 2002, pp. 123–160.
- Androniki Kalogiratou, The Portrayal of Socrates by Damascius. In: Phronimon: Journal of the South African Society for Greek Philosophy and the Humanities 7 (1) 2006, pp. 45–54.
- Androniki Kalogiratou, Theology in Philosophy: The Case of the Late Antique Neoplatonist Damascius. In Skepsis: A Journal for Philosophy and Interdisciplinary Research XVIII, i-ii, 2007, pp. 58–79.
- John R. Martindale, John Morris, The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire II. Cambridge 1980, pp. 342f.
- Carlo Maria Mazzucchi, Damascio, Autore del Corpus Dionysiacum, e il dialogo Περι Πολιτικης Επιστημης. In: Aevum: Rassegna di scienze storiche linguistiche e filologiche 80, Nº 2 (2006), pp. 299–334.
- Carlo Maria Mazzucchi, Iterum de Damascio Areopagita. In: Aevum: Rassegna di scienze storiche linguistiche e filologiche 87, Nº 1 (2013), pp. 249–265.
- Sara Ahbel-Rappe, Scepticism in the sixth century? Damascius’ 'Doubts and Solutions Concerning First Principles,' Journal of the History of Philosophy 36 (1998), pp. 337–363.
- Sara Ahbel-Rappe, Damascius' Problems and Solutions Regarding First Principles, (New York, 2010) (OUP USA American Academy of Religion - Texts & Translation).