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MAXIMUS OF SMYRNA

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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 927 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MAXIMUS OF See also:SMYRNA , a See also:Greek philosopher of the Neoplatonist school, who lived towards the end of the 4th See also:century A.D. He was perhaps the most important of the followers of See also:Iamblichus. He is said to have been of a See also:rich and See also:noble See also:family, and exercised See also:great See also:influence over the See also:emperor See also:Julian, who was commended to him by See also:Aedesius. He pandered to the emperor's love of magic and theurgy, and by judicious See also:administration of the omens won a high position at See also:court. His overbearing manner made him numerous enemies, and, after being imprisoned on the See also:death of Julian, he was put to death by See also:Valens. He is a representative of the least attractive See also:side of See also:Neoplatonism. Attaching no value to logical See also:proof and See also:argument, he enlarged on the wonders and mysteries of nature, and maintained his position by the working of miracles. In See also:logic he is reported to have agreed with See also:Eusebius, Iamblichus and See also:Porphyry in asserting the validity of the second and third figures of the See also:syllogism.

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