The six books of Proclus, the Platonic successor, on the theology of Plato (vol. 2 of 2) : translated from the Greek, to which a seventh book is added, in order to supply the deficiency of another book on this subject, which was written by Proclus, but since lost, also, a translation from the Greek of Proclus' Elements of theology, to which are added a translation of the treatise of Proclus, On providence and fate, a translation of extracts from his treatise, entitled, Ten doubts concerning providence, and a translation of extracts from his treatise on the subsistence of evil; as preserved in the Bibliotheca Gr. of Fabricus

Introduce listeners to Proclus as a 5th‑century Neoplatonist who expands Plato's ideas. The translation gathers his six books on the theology of Plato, plus a seventh reconstructed from a lost work, and adds his Elements of Theology along with treatises on providence, fate, doubts, and evil. Together they provide a comprehensive view of how Proclus envisioned the hierarchy of divine intelligences, the demiurge, and the relationship between generated and unbegotten gods.

In the opening sections, Proclus explains the multiple levels of ruling gods, distinguishing fountains—self‑born sources—from principles, and shows how they participate in the intellect of the demiurge. He connects Plato's metaphysical language to a systematic cosmology, arguing that all beings derive their order from an ungenerated principle while remaining distinct from the generated world. Listeners will hear a richly detailed, yet accessible, exposition of ancient metaphysical thought that still invites reflection on the nature of divine order.