This books delves into the major tenets of Syrianus' philosophical teachings on the "Timaeus" and "Parmenides" based on the testimonia of Proclus, as found in Proclus' commentaries on Plato's "Timaeus" and "Parmenides," and Damascius, as reported in his "On First Principles" and commentary on Plato's "Parmenides."

Sarah Klitenic Wear, Ph.D. (2005) in Classics, Trinity College, Dublin, is Associate Professor of Classics at The Franciscan University of Steubenville. She has published on Syrianus and other Platonists, including Despoiling the Hellenes: Pseudo-Dionysius and the Athenian School of Platonism, with John M. Dillon (Ashgate, 2007).