before being allowed back into the Byzantine Empire. His surviving works consist of three commentaries on the works of Plato, and a metaphysical text entitled Difficulties and Solutions of First Principles.

Life

Much of what is known about Damascius's life comes from his semi-autobiographical work The Philosophical History, or Life of Isidore, and from a work called Vita Severi written by the 6th-century bishop and historian

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