Elements of Theology
by PROCLUS (412 - 485)
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. - Summary adapted from Wikipedia by Geoffrey Edwards
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Elements of Theology:
Extract from Commentaries of Proclus on the Timaeus ,
Extracts from On the Subsistence of Evil ,
Extracts from Ten Doubts Concerning Providence & Commentary on the Parmenides ,
On Providence and Fate 1 to 9 ,
On Providence and Fate 10 to 24 ,
On Providence and Fate 25 to 37 ,
On Providence and Fate 38 to 52 ,
Propositions 100 to 119 ,
Propositions 120 to 139 ,
Propositions 140 to 159 ,
Propositions 160 to 179 ,
Propositions 180 to 199 ,
Propositions 20 to 39 ,
Propositions 200 to 211 ,
Propositions 40 to 59 ,
Propositions 60 to 79 ,
Propositions 80 to 99