Isidore of Alexandria

Isidore of Alexandria ( /ˈɪzɨˌdɔr/ or /ˈɪzɨˌdoʊr/; or Isidorus /ˌɪzɨˈdɔrəs/ or /ˌɪzɨˈdɒrəs/, Greek: Ἰσίδωρος; c. 450—c. 520) was an Egyptian or Greek philosopher and one of the last of the Neoplatonists. He lived in Athens and Alexandria toward the end of the 5th century AD. He became head of the school in Athens in succession to Marinus, who followed Proclus.