The greatest and most systematic of the later Neoplatonist philosophers; head of the Platonic Academy in Athens; his comprehensive metaphysical system synthesized Plato with Aristotle, Pythagorean mathematics, and theurgical religion; authored the Elements of Theology and Platonic Theology — the most rigorous systematic philosophy of late antiquity.
Created the most rigorous systematic exposition of ancient Neoplatonism; his triadic procession structure profoundly influenced medieval Christian, Islamic, and Jewish philosophy; the Liber de Causis, derived from his Elements of Theology, was a central philosophical text of the Latin Middle Ages; shaped Aquinas's understanding of participation.
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