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1、HARVARDCOLLEGELIBRARYFROMTHEREQUESTOFJAMESWALKER(Classof1814)PresidentofHarvardCollege"PreferencebeinggiventoworksintheIntellectualandMoralSciences"THEFRAGMENTSTHATREMAINOFTHELOSTWRITINGSOFPROCLUSSURNAMEDTHEPLATONICSUCCESSOR,translatedfromtheGreekBYTHOMASTAYLOR
2、.LONDON:PRINTEDFORTHEAUTHOR.ANDSOLDBYBLACK,YOUNG,ANDYOUNG,TAVISTOCK-STREET,COVENTGARDEN.1825.LONDON:PRINTEDBYJ.MOYES,BOUVERIESTREET.EDITEDBYMEUSER.AWARDSPACE.COMTOMRS.ELIZABETHHOWARD,ALADYNOLESSDISTINGUISHEDBYHERGREATMORALEXCELLENCE,THANBYHERVERYEXTRAORDINARYLI
3、TERARYATTAINMENTS,THISWORKISRESPECTFULLYANDGRATEFULLYINSCRIBED,BYHERMOSTOBEDIENTSERVANT,THOMASTAYLOR.PREFACE.TotheloversofthewisdomoftheGreeks,anyremainsofthewritingsofProcluswillalwaysbeinvaluable,ashewasamanwho,forthevarietyofhispowers,thebeautyofhisdiction,t
4、hemagnificenceofhisconceptions,andhisluminousdevelopmentoftheabstrusedogmasoftheancients,isunrivaledamongthedisciplesofPlato.As,therefore,ofallhisphilosophicalworksthatareextant,Ihavetranslatedthewholeofsome,andpartsofothers,*IwasalsodesiroustopresenttheEnglish
5、readerwithatranslationoftheexistingFragmentsofsuchofhisworksasarelost.*IhavetranslatedthewholeofhisSixBooksontheTheologyofPlato,andhaveaddedaSeventhBook,inordertosupplythedeficiencyof,anotherBookonthissubject,whichwaswrittenbyProclus,butsincelost;thewholeofhisC
6、ommentaryontheTimaeusofPlato;andofhisCommentaryontheFirstBookofEuclid.IhavealsotranslatednearlythewholeofhisScholiaontheCratylus;andhavegivenatranslationofthesubstanceofhisCommentariesontheFirstAlcibiadesandParmenidesofPlato.ThesearefromtheGreek.Fromthebarbarou
7、sLatinversionofMorbeka,*IhavealsotranslatedhisadmirableTreatiseonProvidenceandFate;allwhicharepublished.AndIamnowwaitingforanopportunity,whichItrustwillsoonbeaffordedme,ofpublishingmyTranslationofhisSolutionofTenDoubtsconcerningProvidence,andhisTreatiseontheSub
8、sistenceofEvil.*ThisMorbekawasArchbishopofCorinthinthetwelfthcentury.OftheseFragments,thelargest,whichisontheEternityoftheWorld,andoriginallyconsistedofeighteenarguments,wan
