Editing Proclus (section)

== Legacy ==
Proclus exerted a great deal of influence on [[Medieval philosophy]], though largely indirectly, through the works of the commentator [[Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite]].{{sfn|Helmig|Steel|2011|loc=4. Influence}} This late-5th- or early-6th-century Christian Greek author wrote under the pseudonym [[Dionysius the Areopagite]], the figure converted by St. Paul in Athens. Because of this pseudonym, his writings were taken to have almost apostolic authority. He is an original Christian writer, and in his works can be found a great number of Proclus's metaphysical principles.{{sfn|Dodds|1992}}

Another important source for the influence of Proclus on the Middle Ages is [[Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius|Boethius]]'s ''[[Consolation of Philosophy]]'', which has a number of Proclus principles and motifs.{{citation needed|date=October 2022}} The central poem of Book III is a summary of Proclus's ''Commentary on the Timaeus''{{citation needed|date=October 2022}}, and Book V contains the important principle of Proclus that things are known not according to their own nature, but according to the character of the knowing subject.{{sfn|Helmig|Steel|2011|loc=4. Influence}}

A summary of Proclus's ''Elements of Theology'' circulated under the name ''[[Liber de Causis]]'' (''Book of Causes'').{{sfn|Helmig|Steel|2011|loc=4. Influence}} This book is of uncertain origin, but circulated in the Arabic world as a work of Aristotle, and was translated into Latin as such.{{sfn|Helmig|Steel|2011|loc=4. Influence}} It had great authority because of its supposed Aristotelian origin, and it was only when Proclus's ''Elements'' were translated into Latin that Thomas Aquinas realised its true origin.{{sfn|Helmig|Steel|2011|loc=4. Influence}} Proclus's works also exercised an influence during the Renaissance through figures such as [[Nicholas of Cusa]] and [[Marsilio Ficino]]. The most significant early scholar of Proclus in the English-speaking world was [[Thomas Taylor (neoplatonist)|Thomas Taylor]], who produced English translations of most of his works.{{sfn|Helmig|Steel|2011|loc=4. Influence}}

The crater [[Proclus (crater)|Proclus]] on the [[Moon]] is named after him.