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The six books of Proclus, the Platonic successor, on the theology of Plato (vol. 1 of 2) : $b 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 Proclus

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The six books of Proclus, the Platonic successor, on the theology of Plato (vol. 1 of 2) : $b 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

Name: The six books of Proclus, the Platonic successor, on the theology of Plato (vol. 1 of 2) : $b 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
Author: Proclus

Proclus

Neoplatonism -- Early works to 1800; Plato -- Early works to 1800; Theology -- Early works to 1800

Such then were the corporeal prerogatives which Proclus possessed, and
which may be called the forerunners of the forms of perfect virtue.
But he possessed in a wonderful manner what Plato calls the elements
of a philosophic genius.[56] For he had an excellent memory, learned
with facility, was magnificent and graceful, and the friend and ally of
truth, justice, fortitude, and temperance. Having for a short space
of time applied himself in Lycia to grammar, he went to Alexandria
in Egypt, and was there instructed in rhetoric by Leonas who derived
his lineage from Isaurus, and in grammar by Orion, whose ancestors
discharged the sacerdotal office among the Egyptians, and who composed
elaborate treatises on that art. A certain good fortune however, says
Marinus, brought him back to the place of his nativity. For on his
return his tutelar Goddess exhorted him to philosophy, and to visit the
Athenian schools. Having therefore, first returned to Alexandria and
bade farewell to rhetoric, and the other arts which he had formerly
studied, he gave himself up to the discourses of the philosophers then
resident at Alexandria. Here, he became an auditor of Olympiodorus,[57]
the most illustrious of philosophers, for the sake of imbibing
the doctrine of Aristotle; and was instructed in the mathematical
disciplines by Hero, a religious man, and eminently skilful in
teaching those sciences. Proclus however, not being satisfied with
the Alexandrian schools, went to Athens, “with a certain splendid
procession, says Marinus, of all eloquence and elegance, and attended
by the Gods that preside over philosophy, and by beneficent dæmons.
For that the succession of philosophy, might be preserved legitimate
and genuine, the Gods led him to the city over which its inspective
guardian presides.” Hence Proclus was called κατ’ εξοχην _by way
of eminence_, the _Platonic Successor_. At Athens therefore,
Proclus fortunately met with the first of philosophers, Syrianus,[58]
the son of Philoxenus, who not only much assisted him in his studies,
but made him his domestic as to other concerns, and the companion of
his philosophic life, having found him such an auditor and successor as
he had a long time sought for, and one who was capable of receiving a
multitude of disciplines and divine dogmas.

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