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The Commentaries of Proclus on the Timaeus of Plato — trans. Thomas Taylor (1820)

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Again, with respect to the lameneii of these souls, this becomes known from the motion of tho«r per' ns that arc lame. Fur thc*r prewri 1 slowly, and inele¬ gantly, and arc in danger of falling Thus therefore, these M tils aHo, art more dull and inelegant in their intellectual conceptions, anil arc always in danger of In mg draw n d iw it into gi tu ration Hence. Plato assi¬ milates their intellections tu the walking of those that arr lame; 'inrr walking is adapted (is an image] to tin ir transitive tnteliigt nee. 1 Il is hkrwisc I rautiliilly < 1 served hv him, that many uf thc»r souls break their wings, fur he does nut sav they (i.froy them, •'rcauje the soul ncier loses its anagoge? power; hut its ener¬ gies indeed I econie 'luggi'h, and in tins rrsject, may

I e said to perish, hut the power remains lm ken Far¬ ther 'till, wt tnav derive an ( x) lanaUi n of what is hete said, Ir. til winged animals. Inr if anyone ofthe-e treukl its wings, it IS for a sl ort time ra s*d or high, through thr wingi d niturc winch It possesses, but is again drawn downward. liiev de/art therefore, he -av*, drdl'.nte nf the pet er ft ion i; I rrah'y, t. e. they P.y to that » l icit i' without (>i d, mil dark.

IIrav i ns’ * sties stray mg fr> ni the orh of light,

[as Fti.petlodrs s;iy-] Hut lhey drpirt deititulr, or in pet fret i r uniml'n’ril I or the visu it of InlrlltgiMes is trnlv initiation. 1 hey likrw t'C use dor<n''< vutnrml, j. r tliev exert tl e re ison* or forms of-ensih r*, ai.d live arc (.[ding In these, no longer surveying lulelligiLles, but sei 'il !e-

I irther still, in the w rd*. thronph trhu h there II I grteit endren nr, Ac. la delMersth.it win h is Common to the tlire < cirdi t* ot m.uIs, as w* Il of 11 1 ns e l hat obtain flic v i*nm of IIHt lllgihlrs, as of tin *e til it d l lint. Si tb it the an*wrr to tho*c «bo enquire, «by therefore, do all soul' tin* rndr.iMitir and wr.iry tlictn** Ivc* to i lit mi ll i* vision is, ll at ill of tl mi dr*ir< ( • | ( ree ve ft.il I ring* Hut hv the riu/f WCid adapted to that o A*c4

II hit in t ! if ( it il, lie mr in* |I it whiiti 1 * ail Ipted to tl e lute.let t ll I ■ rt ol tl ( -onl, lor tin* is alone ap¬ pro) rtatelv in urtsl tdby th> u.ti lugil h . Hu* t 'ie w mg of the «m I, w I. cli i- the anag gic powi rtf i>, ia not rpt roprwtehs, but alone niiimlieil hy the intelligilde, and Iiv nothing *l-e. And the mend w is the prolific powerof fi rm*. Tb meadow alsomav he-aid to bethe Ni_ht* lor there the liuii.nun* of life are contained. Tli:u how* si r. i* another me idow w I uh t* in< ntioned in the 10th H ok o tm He pul Ik, in w Inrii souls alu-ut to pr .c< rd ii to gem lalu.n dwe'l f r a tune. And th s Inradow is the hiuitnou* .ippearam r hfaetia, winch Is under th< mo II. I lie mead' w in the Hi j ublic how¬ ever, t* analogous In that aim Ii is lure mentioned.

1 <>r in thr li uiirr, the print tple- of nature, and o’ the itlc in generali' n, ate to'iipichtnded.”

1 For twrfhjirii here, it is obviously necessary to read roirrtc

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Eukata Et Cokfugenda

Vol. I. P. «. At the bottom, for “ I'hroufh thru,’’ read, Hence.

P. If. For “ tuilof the bran," re.ul, l ull on the bra».

1 ttF* In the Note, for 11 Arc the Jntroduet ujh to tint /Vdiui 4 toa, H read See Use Introduction to the first edition ol my 1 rantUtion of Aria- totle'a Metaphyncr, and my Disaertation on tha Philoaophy of Ariitotle.

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