Proclus (or Proklos) Mallotes () was a

Stoic Stoic may refer to: * An adherent of Stoicism Stoicism is a school of Hellenistic philosophy that flourished in ancient Greece and Rome. The Stoics believed that the universe operated according to reason, ''i.e.'' by a God which is immersed i ...

philosopher and a native of Mallus in

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. According to the ''

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'' he was the author of the following books: * ''Commentary on the Sophisms of

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'' () * A treatise against

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() His date is unknown; he probably lived at some point between the 1st century BC and the 3rd century AD. It is probably this Proclus who is mentioned by Proclus Diadochus.Proclus, ''in Timaeus'', 166

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