Proclus' Elements of Theology (Thomas Taylor Series Vol.1) Mysteries to defend the principal values

to defend the principal values he recognizes as his own

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Proclus' Elements of Theology (Thomas Taylor Series Vol.1) Mysteries to defend the principal valuesVolume I of the Thomas Taylor Series This is one of the great books of the Platonic Tradition. Its scope is the whole sphere of 'Authentic Reality' which Plato recommends to all who aspire to wisdom, and which Plotinus outlines in his Enneads. It takes as its starting point The Onethe highest and most abstract idea that the human mind can affirmand follows dialectically the unfolding of this through division, analysis, demonstration, and definition.