The six books of Proclus, the Platonic successor, on the theology of Plato (vol. 2 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 p — Plato — John Shaqi
The six books of Proclus, the Platonic successor, on the theology of Plato (vol. 2 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 p
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CHAPTER IX.
The Athenian guest therefore, does all but clearly say, that the
distribution to the three sons of Saturn, the measures of providence,
and in short, progression, are suspended[16] from the great Jupiter,
and that it is he who supernally defines their allotments, and
uniformly comprehends all of them in himself. Moreover, with respect to
the assertions, that he bounds all things in a direct path, and that he
proceeds circularly according to nature, the former of these, manifests
the progression of wholes from him; for the direct is a symbol of
progression; but the latter manifests the conversion of wholes to him.
For he being intellectually converted in, and to himself, convolves
all things to the watch-tower of himself. But if the straight and
the circular first subsist in the perfective Gods, the demiurgus of
wholes is filled indeed from thence, but fills the natures posterior
to himself with the powers that proceed from him. And as according
to the triple cause of wholes, he constitutes the triad of demiurgi
in conjunction with his father, thus also according to these twofold
powers, he generates twofold [orders of] Gods; one indeed, which adorns
a sensible nature, according to the straight which is in him; but the
other which elevates all things to him, according to the circular.
Moreover, because he proceeds indeed from the whole fabrication, (i
e. from Rhea) but participates of the perfective triad, he connects
this straight and circular with motion. For to bound according to the
straight, and to proceed circularly, designate motion; the former
indeed, being significant of motion proceeding to all things, and
adorning all things with boundaries, forms and reasons; but the latter,
of motion convolving to itself, and calling upward all things to
itself.