THE
SIX BOOKS OF PROCLUS
The Platonic Successor,
ON THE THEOLOGY OF PLATO,
TRANSLATED FROM THE GREEK;
TO WHICH
A SEVENTH BOOK IS ADDED,
IN ORDER TO SUPPLY THE DEFICIENCY OF ANOTHER BOOK ON THIS SUBJECT,
WHICH WAS WRITTEN BY PROCLUS, BUT SINCE LOST.
ALSO, A TRANSLATION FROM THE GREEK OF
PROCLUS’ ELEMENTS OF THEOLOGY.
TO WHICH ARE ADDED
A TRANSLATION OF THE TREATISE OF PROCLUS,
On Providence and Fate;
A TRANSLATION OF EXTRACTS FROM HIS TREATISE, ENTITLED,
TEN DOUBTS CONCERNING PROVIDENCE;
AND
A TRANSLATION OF EXTRACTS FROM HIS TREATISE
ON THE SUBSISTENCE OF EVIL;
As preserved in the Bibliotheca Gr. of Fabricius.
BY THOMAS TAYLOR.
Αλλ’ εστιν, εστι, καν τις εγγελᾳ λογῳ, Ζευς, και θεοι, βροτεια λευσσοντες παθη. | Euripides. |
There are, there are, though laugh the scoffer may, Jove and the Gods, who mortal ills survey. | |
ωσπεϱ εισι θεοι πολλοι, και κυϱιοι πολλοι. | Corinth. I. Cap. 8. v. 5. |
As there be Gods many, and Lords many. |
TWO VOLUMES.
VOL. I.
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1816.