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1The most perfect conviction indeed, that a greater. good than the philosophy of Plato and Aristotle was never imparted by divinity * This translation forms the last part of the Opuscula of Thomzus, printed at Venice in the year 1525 ; which work is so scarce, that Fabricius in his account of the Life and Writings of Proclus, (Biblioth. Grec. Tom, 8.) says, he never sav it. * According to Plato in the 7th Book of his Republic, “that which springs up spontaneously, should not be forward to pay any one for its nurture.” vill INTRODUCTION. to man, and the consequent persuasion, that 1 could not confer a more real bene- ‘fiton the present age and posterity than by a dissemination of it in my native tongue, as they induced me to engage in such a difficult undertaking, have also been attended with the purest delight, froma conviction that 1 was acting rightly, and therefore ina way pleasing to divinity. Hence in accomplishing this Hercu- lean task, I have been satisfied with exploring myself, and imparting to others, the treasures of ancient wisdom ; and with endeavouring to deserve the favourable regard of that ineffable principle, whose approbation is not only the highest honour that either mortals or immortals can obtain, but the most durable and substan- tial gain. Ιχ NAMES OF THE PHILOSOPHERS QUOTED BY PROCLUS IN THESE COMMENTARIES. Aprastus APHRUDISIENSIS, one of the genuine Peripatetics, according to Simplicius On the Categories of Aristotle. AGLAOPHEMUS, one who initiated Pythagoras in the mysteries of Orpheus. Αὐδιν 5, a Platonic philosopher, who flourished about the time of Galen. ALEXANDER APHRODISIENSIS, ἃ Peripatetic philosopher, who flourished under the Empero™ Severus. Ametivs, a Platonic philosopher, and a disciple of Plotinus. AmMonius Saccas, the preceptor of Plotinus. ANAXAGORAS, the Clazomenian, flourished about the 70th Olympiad. ANTONINUS, a disciple of Ammonius Saccas. ArIsToTLF, the disciple of Plato, was born in the first year of the 99th Olympiad. Aristot1s, the Rhodian. Atticus, a Platonic philosopher, who flourished under Marcus Antoninus. Curysiprus, a celebrated Stoic philosopher, died in the 145rd Olympiad. Crantor SoOtensis, the first interpreter of Plato, also a fellow disciple with Nenocrates of Plato, and an auditor of Polemo. Democritvs, the celebrated philosopher of Abdera, flourished about the 80th Olympiad. Empenoc.es, the celebrated Pythagorean philosopher, was an auditor when a young man of Pythagoras. Ericurvs, was born in the 109th Olympiad. Evpemus, the Rhodian, a disciple of Aristotle, and to whom Aristotle inscribed his Eudemian Ethics. EurymMacnves, the Epicurean, Ga en, the physician, who was also a Platonist. Ele wrote 200 Volumes, most of which were burnt in the temple of Peace, and flourished under the Emperor Adr-an. HarpvocratTion, the Platonist, an Argive, and the familiar of Augustus Cesar. Hrraciipes Ponticus, a disciple of Plato and Speusippus.
2Ele wrote 200 Volumes, most of which were burnt in the temple of Peace, and flourished under the Emperor Adr-an. HarpvocratTion, the Platonist, an Argive, and the familiar of Augustus Cesar. Hrraciipes Ponticus, a disciple of Plato and Speusippus. Heracuitvus Ernesivs, surnamed the obscure, flourished about the 70th. Olympiad. Hermes TrismMeGistus. Juan, the Theurgist, who flourished under Marcus Antoninus. IamBticnus, a Platonic philosopher, surnamed the ditine, flourished under the Emperor Con- stantine. Tim. Plat. Vou. i. h Χ
3Heracuitvus Ernesivs, surnamed the obscure, flourished about the 70th. Olympiad. Hermes TrismMeGistus. Juan, the Theurgist, who flourished under Marcus Antoninus. IamBticnus, a Platonic philosopher, surnamed the ditine, flourished under the Emperor Con- stantine. Tim. Plat. Vou. i. h Χ Nicomacnes, the Pythagorean, was, according to Fabricius, somewhat posterior to the age of Antoninus Pius. Numentus, a Pythagoric and Platonic philosopher, flourished prior to Plotinus. Oce ius Lucanvs, an auditor of Pythagoras, and one of his most eminent disciples, OriGen, (not a father of the Church,) a disciple of Plotinus. ParmeENtpES, the Elean, a Pythagoric philosopher, flourished about the 70th Olympiad. Puerecybes, the Syrian, the preceptor of Pythagoras. Puiroravs, of Tarentum, an eminent Pythagorean philosopher, and ai auditor of Pythagoras. Pato, was born in the 4th year of the 88th Olympiad, and died in the 108th Olympiad. Protinus, one of the most eminent of the Platonic philosophers, flourished under the [Emperors Gordian and Galieuus. Piurancn, of Charonea, in Baotia, the preceptor of Trajan, and the celebrated biographer. Porruyry, a disciple of Plotinus, aud distinguished by the appellation of the pAilosopher, Posivonivus, a Stoic philosopher, flourished under the reign of Julius Cxsar. PRAXIPHANES, adisciple of TPheophrastus. Procius MaLtores, is mentioned by our Proclus as one of the ancient philosophers, Pytnacoras, the father of philosophy, flourished about the Goth Olympiad, Severus, a Platonist, but the time in which be flourished is not known, Socrates, the celebrated preceptor of Plato, was born in the 4th year of the 77th Olympiad. Socrates, the Platonist, was posterior in time to Amelius. Soton, the Legislator, fluurished about the 46ch Olympiad. Srrato LaAMPSACENUS, an auditor and successor of ‘Mheophirastus. Synianus, the preceptor of Proclus, See the notes to this work, Tuaces, was bom in the firt year of the 35th Olympiad, and died in the 58th Olympiad. Tneoponus, Asin evs, a disciple of Plotinus, and surnamed the great. Turornrastus, the celebrated disciple and successor of Aristotle, Xexanenes, ἃ Peripatetic philosopher, and the frend of Augustus Cusar. Xenocrates, a disciple, and successor of Plato. Xexopnanes, the Colophonian, author of the Eleatic method of reasoning, flourshed in the Goth Olempiad. For an account of this method, see the additional notes on this work, Zeno ELeares was an auditor of Parmenides, and flourished about the 86th Olympiad. N. B. The Olympic games were restored by Iphicus, 442 years after their first institution, and about 777 years before Christ. From this last institution the Greeks began to reckon by Olyimpiads, cach vf which con- tained the space of a years. Aud this continued even to the reign of Constantine, she eR PRE I ας στον ain nite aaa Accs ts . κι AN EXPLANATION OF CERTAIN TERMS USED BY PROCLUS IN THIS WORK.
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1The most perfect conviction indeed, that a greater. good than the philosophy of Plato and Aristotle was never imparted by divinity * This translation forms the last part of the Opuscula of Thomzus, printed at Venice in the year 1525 ; which work is so scarce, that Fabricius in his account of the Life and Writings of Proclus, (Biblioth. Grec. Tom, 8.) says, he never sav it. * According to Plato in the 7th Book of his Republic, “that which springs up spontaneously, should not be forward to pay any one for its nurture.” vill INTRODUCTION. to man, and the consequent persuasion, that 1 could not confer a more real bene- ‘fiton the present age and posterity than by a dissemination of it in my native tongue, as they induced me to engage in such a difficult undertaking, have also been attended with the purest delight, froma conviction that 1 was acting rightly, and therefore ina way pleasing to divinity. Hence in accomplishing this Hercu- lean task, I have been satisfied with exploring myself, and imparting to others, the treasures of ancient wisdom ; and with endeavouring to deserve the favourable regard of that ineffable principle, whose approbation is not only the highest honour that either mortals or immortals can obtain, but the most durable and substan- tial gain. Ιχ NAMES OF THE PHILOSOPHERS QUOTED BY PROCLUS IN THESE COMMENTARIES. Aprastus APHRUDISIENSIS, one of the genuine Peripatetics, according to Simplicius On the Categories of Aristotle. AGLAOPHEMUS, one who initiated Pythagoras in the mysteries of Orpheus. Αὐδιν 5, a Platonic philosopher, who flourished about the time of Galen. ALEXANDER APHRODISIENSIS, ἃ Peripatetic philosopher, who flourished under the Empero™ Severus. Ametivs, a Platonic philosopher, and a disciple of Plotinus. AmMonius Saccas, the preceptor of Plotinus. ANAXAGORAS, the Clazomenian, flourished about the 70th Olympiad. ANTONINUS, a disciple of Ammonius Saccas. ArIsToTLF, the disciple of Plato, was born in the first year of the 99th Olympiad. Aristot1s, the Rhodian. Atticus, a Platonic philosopher, who flourished under Marcus Antoninus. Curysiprus, a celebrated Stoic philosopher, died in the 145rd Olympiad. Crantor SoOtensis, the first interpreter of Plato, also a fellow disciple with Nenocrates of Plato, and an auditor of Polemo. Democritvs, the celebrated philosopher of Abdera, flourished about the 80th Olympiad. Empenoc.es, the celebrated Pythagorean philosopher, was an auditor when a young man of Pythagoras. Ericurvs, was born in the 109th Olympiad. Evpemus, the Rhodian, a disciple of Aristotle, and to whom Aristotle inscribed his Eudemian Ethics. EurymMacnves, the Epicurean, Ga en, the physician, who was also a Platonist. Ele wrote 200 Volumes, most of which were burnt in the temple of Peace, and flourished under the Emperor Adr-an. HarpvocratTion, the Platonist, an Argive, and the familiar of Augustus Cesar. Hrraciipes Ponticus, a disciple of Plato and Speusippus.
2Ele wrote 200 Volumes, most of which were burnt in the temple of Peace, and flourished under the Emperor Adr-an. HarpvocratTion, the Platonist, an Argive, and the familiar of Augustus Cesar. Hrraciipes Ponticus, a disciple of Plato and Speusippus. Heracuitvus Ernesivs, surnamed the obscure, flourished about the 70th. Olympiad. Hermes TrismMeGistus. Juan, the Theurgist, who flourished under Marcus Antoninus. IamBticnus, a Platonic philosopher, surnamed the ditine, flourished under the Emperor Con- stantine. Tim. Plat. Vou. i. h Χ
3Heracuitvus Ernesivs, surnamed the obscure, flourished about the 70th. Olympiad. Hermes TrismMeGistus. Juan, the Theurgist, who flourished under Marcus Antoninus. IamBticnus, a Platonic philosopher, surnamed the ditine, flourished under the Emperor Con- stantine. Tim. Plat. Vou. i. h Χ Nicomacnes, the Pythagorean, was, according to Fabricius, somewhat posterior to the age of Antoninus Pius. Numentus, a Pythagoric and Platonic philosopher, flourished prior to Plotinus. Oce ius Lucanvs, an auditor of Pythagoras, and one of his most eminent disciples, OriGen, (not a father of the Church,) a disciple of Plotinus. ParmeENtpES, the Elean, a Pythagoric philosopher, flourished about the 70th Olympiad. Puerecybes, the Syrian, the preceptor of Pythagoras. Puiroravs, of Tarentum, an eminent Pythagorean philosopher, and ai auditor of Pythagoras. Pato, was born in the 4th year of the 88th Olympiad, and died in the 108th Olympiad. Protinus, one of the most eminent of the Platonic philosophers, flourished under the [Emperors Gordian and Galieuus. Piurancn, of Charonea, in Baotia, the preceptor of Trajan, and the celebrated biographer. Porruyry, a disciple of Plotinus, aud distinguished by the appellation of the pAilosopher, Posivonivus, a Stoic philosopher, flourished under the reign of Julius Cxsar. PRAXIPHANES, adisciple of TPheophrastus. Procius MaLtores, is mentioned by our Proclus as one of the ancient philosophers, Pytnacoras, the father of philosophy, flourished about the Goth Olympiad, Severus, a Platonist, but the time in which be flourished is not known, Socrates, the celebrated preceptor of Plato, was born in the 4th year of the 77th Olympiad. Socrates, the Platonist, was posterior in time to Amelius. Soton, the Legislator, fluurished about the 46ch Olympiad. Srrato LaAMPSACENUS, an auditor and successor of ‘Mheophirastus. Synianus, the preceptor of Proclus, See the notes to this work, Tuaces, was bom in the firt year of the 35th Olympiad, and died in the 58th Olympiad. Tneoponus, Asin evs, a disciple of Plotinus, and surnamed the great. Turornrastus, the celebrated disciple and successor of Aristotle, Xexanenes, ἃ Peripatetic philosopher, and the frend of Augustus Cusar. Xenocrates, a disciple, and successor of Plato. Xexopnanes, the Colophonian, author of the Eleatic method of reasoning, flourshed in the Goth Olempiad. For an account of this method, see the additional notes on this work, Zeno ELeares was an auditor of Parmenides, and flourished about the 86th Olympiad. N. B. The Olympic games were restored by Iphicus, 442 years after their first institution, and about 777 years before Christ. From this last institution the Greeks began to reckon by Olyimpiads, cach vf which con- tained the space of a years. Aud this continued even to the reign of Constantine, she eR PRE I ας στον ain nite aaa Accs ts . κι AN EXPLANATION OF CERTAIN TERMS USED BY PROCLUS IN THIS WORK.
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
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