Proclus Diadochus

Proclus was brought up at Xanthus, on the south coast of Lycia, where he attended school.It was intended that Proclus should follow his father and enter the legal profession.The title Diadochus was given to him at this time, the meaning of the word being successor.Proclus was to remain as head of the Academy until his death.A man of great learning, Proclus was regarded with great veneration by his contemporaries.Proclus deals historically and critically with all the definitions, postulates and axioms in order.Another interesting part of Proclus's commentary is his discussion of the critics of geometry.Nothing here is original and Proclus is proving results first given by Hipparchus and Ptolemy.Proclus's method can be used at the equinox.Heath, describing Proclus's Commentary on Euclid writes.