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Gaius the Platonist, the Glossary

Gaius the Platonist was a Middle Platonist philosopher who was active in the early to middle 2nd century AD.^[1]

10 relations: Albinus (philosopher), Apuleius, Galen, Middle Platonism, Neoplatonism, Plato, Plotinus, Porphyry (philosopher), Priscian of Lydia, Theaetetus (dialogue).
Middle Platonists

Albinus (philosopher)

Albinus (Ἀλβίνος; fl. c. 150 AD) was a Platonist philosopher, who lived at Smyrna, and was teacher of Galen. Gaius the Platonist and Albinus (philosopher) are 2nd-century Greek philosophers and Middle Platonists.

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Apuleius

Apuleius (also called Lucius Apuleius Madaurensis; c. 124 – after 170) was a Numidian Latin-language prose writer, Platonist philosopher and rhetorician. Gaius the Platonist and Apuleius are Middle Platonists.

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Galen

Aelius Galenus or Claudius Galenus (Κλαύδιος Γαληνός; September 129 – 216 AD), often anglicized as Galen or Galen of Pergamon, was a Roman and Greek physician, surgeon, and philosopher. Gaius the Platonist and Galen are 2nd-century Greek philosophers and Middle Platonists.

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Middle Platonism

Middle Platonism is the modern name given to a stage in the development of Platonic philosophy, lasting from about 90 BC – when Antiochus of Ascalon rejected the scepticism of the new Academy – until the development of neoplatonism under Plotinus in the 3rd century.

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Neoplatonism

Neoplatonism is a version of Platonic philosophy that emerged in the 3rd century AD against the background of Hellenistic philosophy and religion.

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Plato

Plato (Greek: Πλάτων), born Aristocles (Ἀριστοκλῆς; – 348 BC), was an ancient Greek philosopher of the Classical period who is considered a foundational thinker in Western philosophy and an innovator of the written dialogue and dialectic forms.

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Plotinus

Plotinus (Πλωτῖνος, Plōtînos; – 270 CE) was a Greek Platonist philosopher, born and raised in Roman Egypt.

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Porphyry (philosopher)

Porphyry of Tyre (Πορφύριος, Porphýrios; –) was a Neoplatonic philosopher born in Tyre, Roman Phoenicia during Roman rule.

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Priscian of Lydia

Priscian of Lydia (or Priscianus; Πρισκιανὸς ὁ Λυδός Prīskiānós ho Lȳdós; Priscianus Lydus; fl. 6th century), was one of the last of the Neoplatonists.

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Theaetetus (dialogue)

The Theaetetus (Θεαίτητος Theaítētos, lat. Theaetetus) is a philosophical work written by Plato in the early-middle 4th century BCE that investigates the nature of knowledge, and is considered one of the founding works of epistemology.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaius_the_Platonist