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In Two Volumes. To Which Are Added A History Of The Restoration Of Platonic Theology, By The Latter Platonists; And A Translation From The Greek Of Proclus's Theological Elements. ... Read more

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The Alcuin Club promotes the study of Christian Liturgy especially the liturgy of the Anglican Communion. This study presents the English translation of Proclus' "Mystagogical Homily". ... Read more

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A Thorough and Systematic Handbook on the Rubrics of Platonic Theoretic Science
Proclus of Lysia (410-85 AD) stands at a privileged position in the vicissitudes of Platonic thought, as he looks back to a rich, diverse, yet continuous thread of philosophical culture, reaching back some eight hundred years.Born almost a generation after Theodosius' ban on the Greco-Roman cultus, Proclus still enjoyed, as yet, the Hellenism of the school-room, in which the old ideas still flourished and received contemporary colorations by outstanding intellects such as John Philoponus, Simplicius and Damascius Syrianus.Soon after, even the ideas themselves--the Hellenism still alive and well in books--were suppressed under the iron-thumb of Justinian.With that said, Proclus' Elements of Theology were fortunate enough to survive the ravages of time.

In essence, the reader will be introduced to the most thorough and systematic catalogue of Platonic metaphysics extant.Proclus adduces the relation between cause and effect, oneness and multiplicity, incorporeal and corporeal entities, at all levels of being, in a clear, rational and orderly succession.Proclus also delineates the principles of eternity and time, soul and body, along with allusions to the intellective beings, the descent and ascent of rational souls and the correlative properties and dynamics of the One, Intellect and Soul.For anyone with a fairly good back ground in ancient philosophy, this book will be a metaphysical banquet.

In light of the efforts of professor Dodds--the text, his running commentary, lucid translation and scholarly introductory material--this work is a desideratum.The `Elements'

A Standard in Classical Scholarship as to What Ancient Manuscript Presentation should be!
This re-issued edition of E.R. Dodds' magnum opus of the 'Scientific' Theology of Proclus' "Elements of Theology" [This time with a welcomed English Translation] must be mastered by any young scholar student/teacher who wishes to explore the Late Greek philosophical mind or the Early and Late Medieval Mind.

The impact of this treatise has been enormous in the Western intellectual tradition.It was, of course, the unwritten Bible (furtively read) for aspiring theologians and philosophers during the Middle Ages, and later for Occulta philosophia or Esoteric Knowledge.

As an old man of 61, I still prize my first edition of this text as issued by Oxford University Press.In my youth at Jesus College, Oxford University (Summer Term 1971) I had the pleasure to bump into E. R. Dodds when he was making his way back to college with a fresh newspaper-wrapped fish for dinner!What a way to meet one of the greatest classical scholars of his generation (and several generations for that matter).

I redeemed myself by listing all his scholarly treatises I had mastered.That impressed him, especially, coming from an American!


Respectfully,


John E.D.P. Malin
Cecilia, Louisiana USA

A classical book of Neoplatonism
A wonderful "geometrical" metaphysical work, which many consider, iby its form,a forerrunner of Spinoza's Ethic, this is the accurate blingual edition that should be used for serious academic work. A must have for those interested in Neoplatonism ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Science and Its Times, brought to you by Gale®, a part of Cengage Learning, a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses.The length of the article is 585 words.The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase.You can view it with any web browser.The histories of science, technology, and mathematics merge with the study of humanities and social science in this interdisciplinary reference work. Essays on people, theories, discoveries, and concepts are combined with overviews, bibliographies of primary documents, and chronological elements to offer students a fascinating way to understand the impact of science on the course of human history and how science affects everyday life. Entries represent people and developments throughout the world, from about 2000 B.C. through the end of the twentieth century. ... Read more

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Written primarily in Greek, 1908/1994 edition.
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Written primarily in Greek, 1909/1974 edition.
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This digital document is an article from New Dictionary of the History of Ideas, brought to you by Gale®, a part of Cengage Learning, a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses.The length of the article is 2114 words.The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase.You can view it with any web browser.The publication of the New Dictionary of the History of Ideas marks the return of a reference work that is an essential tool to make the often complex history of what we think accessible to students and general readers. The original 1974 Dictionary of the History of Ideas has long been admired as a landmark document encapsulating the thinking of an era. This thoroughly re-envisioned New Dictionary of the History of Ideas brings fresh intelligence and a global perspective to bear on timeless questions about the individual and society. A distinguished team of international scholars explore new thinking in areas previously covered (communism, linguistics, physics) and present cross-cultural perspectives on more recent topics such as postmodernism, deconstruction and post-colonialism ... Read more