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

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TitleThe 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 ...
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Volume 2 of The Six Books of Proclus, the Platonic Successor, on the Theology of Plato: Translated from the Greek: to which a Seventh Book [by the Translator] 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 ... 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 His Treatise on the Subsistence of Evil, Thomas Taylor
AuthorsProclus, Thomas Taylor
EditorThomas Taylor
Translated byThomas Taylor
ContributorAbraham John Valpy
Publisherauthor, 1816
Original fromPennsylvania State University
Digitized1 Jul 2009
  
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