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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.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR,

By A. J. Valpy, Tooke’s Court, Chancery Lane.

AND SOLD BY MESSRS. LAW AND Co.; LONGMAN AND Co.; BALDWIN AND Co.;
AND ALL OTHER BOOKSELLERS.


1816.