Proclus Elements of Theology & The Six Books of Proclus in 3 MP3 Audio CDs

Proclus 

(412 - 485)

Proclus Lycaeus (8 February 412 – 17 April 485 AD), called the Successor (Greek Πρόκλος ὁ Διάδοχος, Próklos ho Diádokhos), was a Greek Neoplatonist philosopher, one of the last major classical philosophers. He set forth one of the most elaborate and fully developed systems of Neoplatonism. He stands near the end of the classical development of philosophy, and was very influential on Western medieval philosophy (Greek and Latin).

Elements of Theology

Translated by Thomas Taylor 

(1758 - 1835)

Read by Geoffrey Edwards

Running Time:09:59:41 in 1 MP3 Audio CD

The Elements of Theology (ΣΤΟΙΧΕΙΩΣΙΣ ΘΕΟΛΟΓΙΚΗ) was written by the Greek Neoplatonist philosopher Proclus (ΠΡΟΚΛΟΣ) and translated by Thomas Taylor who named his youngest son Thomas Proclus Taylor. This book consists of 211 propositions, each followed by a proof, beginning from the existence of the One (divine Unity) and ending with the descent of individual souls into the material world. Saint Thomas Aquinas recognized that the Liber de Causis (Book of Causes), which had been attributed to Aristotle, was actually a summary of the Elements of Theology, likely written by an Arabic interpreter.
01 - Propositions 1 to 19
02 - Propositions 20 to 39
03 - Propositions 40 to 59
04 - Propositions 60 to 79
05 - Propositions 80 to 99
06 - Propositions 100 to 119
07 - Propositions 120 to 139
08 - Propositions 140 to 159
09 - Propositions 160 to 179
10 - Propositions 180 to 199
11 - Propositions 200 to 211
12 - On Providence and Fate 1 to 9
13 - On Providence and Fate 10 to 24
14 - On Providence and Fate 25 to 37
15 - On Providence and Fate 38 to 52
16 - Extracts from Ten Doubts Concerning Providence & Commentary on the Parmenides

The Six Books of Proclus, the Platonic Successor, on the Theology of Plato

Proclus (412 - 485) and Thomas Taylor (1758 - 1835)

Translated by Thomas Taylor

 (1758 - 1835)
Read by Geoffrey Edwards

Running Time:40:22:34 in 2 MP3 Audio CDs

The Six books of Proclus, the Platonic successor, on The Theology of Plato (Greek: ΠΕΡΙ ΤΗΣ ΚΑΤΑ ΠΛΑΤΩΝΑ ΘΕΟΛΟΓΙΑΣ; Latin: Theologia Platonica; Alternate English Title: Platonic Theology) to which a Seventh book is added by the translator, Thomas Taylor, in order to supply the deficiency of another book on this subject, which was written by Proclus, but since lost. According to the 1995 Prometheus Trust edition Book 3 Chapter 1 of this translation contains Chapters 1-4 from the original Greek, Chapter 2 contains the Greek chapters 5-6 and Chapter 3 contains the Greek Chapters 7-8. Thereafter, the translated and Greek chapters match beginning at Chapter 9. A quotation from Proclus is included on the cover of Harmonices Mundi Liber I despite the fact that Johannes Kepler's mother had been recently accused of witchcraft and threatened with torture.

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