Life of Proclus by Marinus


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The philosophical and mathematical commentaries of Proclus ... on the first book of Euclid's Elements, and his life by Marinus, tr. with a prelim. dissertation on the Platonic doctrine of ideas by T. Taylor. (To which are added, A history of the restoration of the Platonic theology, by the latter Platonists: and a tr. of Proclus's Theological elements by T. Taylor).


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Marinus' Life of Proclus


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Proclus


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An introduction to the philosophical and religious thought of Proclus the Neoplatonist, one of the most complex thinkers of antiquity.




The Philosophical Life


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Ancient biographies were more than accounts of the deeds of past heroes and guides for moral living. They were also arenas for debating pressing philosophical questions and establishing intellectual credentials, as Arthur P. Urbano argues in this study of biographies composed in Late Antiquity




The Philosophical and Mathematical Commentaries of Proclus ... on the First Book of Euclid's Elements, and His Life by Marinus, Tr. with a Prelim. Dissertation on the Platonic Doctrine of Ideas by T. Taylor. (to Which Are Added, a History of the Restorati


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The Teachings of Syrianus on Plato's Timaeus and Parmenides


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This books delves into the major tenets of Syrianus' philosophical teachings on the Timaeus and Parmenides based on the testimonia of Proclus, as found in Proclus' commentaries on Plato's Timaeus and Parmenides, and Damascius, as reported in his On First Principles and commentary on Plato's Parmenides.




Life of Proclus


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Essays and Fragments of Proclus, the Platonic Successor


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Containing the following:- On Providence, Fate, and That Which is in our Power; Ten Doubts Concerning Providence, and Their Solution; On the Subsistence of Evil, (By `subsistence' Taylor means `substantial reality'); Remaining Fragments of Lost Works of Proclus. All of which have the relevant pagination and extensive footnote references added. Marinus' Life of Proclus. Also added are seven recently discovered hymns and prayers of Thomas Taylor.