Aedesius (died
A.D. 355),
Neoplatonist philosopher, was born of a noble Cappadocian family. He migrated to
Syria, attracted by the lectures of
Iamblichus, whose follower he became. According to
Eunapius, he differed from Iamblichus on certain points connected with magic. He taught at
Pergamum, his chief disciples being Eusebius and Maximus. He seems to have modified his doctrines through fear of
Constantine.
See Ritter and Preller, 552; Ritter's Geschichte der Philosophie; T Whittaker, The Neoplatonists (Cambridge, 1901).
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