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MARINUS , neo-Platonist philosopher, was See also:born in See also:Palestine and was See also:early converted to the old See also:Greek See also:religion. He came to See also:Athens at a See also:time when, with the exception of See also:Proclus, there was a See also:great dearth of eminent men in the neo-Platonic school. It was for this See also:reason rather than for any striking ability of his own that he succeeded to the headship of the school on the See also:death of Proclus. During this See also:period the professors of the old Greek religion suffered severe persecution at the hands of the Christians and Marinus was compelled to seek See also:refuge at See also:Epidaurus. His See also:chief See also:work was a See also:biography of Proclus, which is extant. It was first published with the See also:works of See also:Marcus See also:Antoninus in 1559; it was republished separately by See also:Fabricius at See also:Hamburg in 1700, and re-edited in 1814 by Boissonade with emendations and notes. Other philosophical works are attributed to him, including commentaries on See also:Aristotle and on the Philebus. It is said that he destroyed the latter because Isidore, his successor, expressed disapproval of it. End of Article: MARINUSAdditional information and CommentsThere are no comments yet for this article.
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