Iamblichus Quotes on Virtue
Iamblichus of Chalcis was a Syrian Greek Neoplatonist philosopher and the founder of the Syrian school of Neoplatonism. This page collects quotes attributed to Iamblichus on the topic of virtue, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Iamblichus:
“The Pythagorean way of life held to silence as a discipline of the soul.”
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Attributed to Iamblichus:
“The whole of human virtue lies in the imitation of the divine.”
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Attributed to Iamblichus:
“Friendship is the most accurate image of unity.”
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“Whoever is a truly good man seeks a renown not by means of an ornament that does not belong to him but by means of his own virtue.”
Anonymous of Iamblichus | p. 151 -
“It is necessary that every man be surpassingly temperate. That person would most of all be a man of this sort if he were superior to money, which is what corrupts all men, and if, without caring about his life, he bestowed his pains on things that are just and pursued virtue.”
Anonymous of Iamblichus | p. 149