Page:ProclusPlatoTheologyVolume1.djvu/67

From Wikisource
Jump to navigation Jump to search
This page has been proofread, but needs to be validated.

More manifest admonitions of the same things from what is said in the Gorgias, and in the Cratylus.

Who the three demiurgi are, and what order they have with reference to each other. Likewise what their progressions are, and their divisions about the world.

What the vivific triad is among the ruling Gods. And whence we may derive auxiliaries from the writings of Plato concerning the union and division of this triad.

What the convertive triad of the ruling Gods is; and what the monad which it contains. In which also, the union of Apollo with the sun is demonstrated; and it is shown, how from what is said about Apollo we may be led to the theory of the solar orders.

What the undefiled order is of the ruling Gods. And how from the writings of Plato conceptions about it may be obtained.

How Parmenides forms his conclusions about the ruling Gods, in continuity with the demiurgic order. And that he characterizes the whole order of them, through similitude and dissimilitude.

What the supermundane and at the same time mundane genus of Gods is. And how through their own medium they preserve the continuity of the Gods that proceed from the demiurgus.

How the liberated Gods are characterized. And how from their liberated peculiarity they are exempt from the universe, and are co-arranged with the mundane Gods.

What the common powers, and what the common energies are of the liberated Gods, according with the essence that has been delivered of them.