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Proclus

412–485

A leading thinker of late antiquity, Proclus brought together Platonic philosophy, mathematics, theology, and ancient religious traditions in one sweeping vision of reality. His writings helped carry Neoplatonism into the medieval world.

5 Audiobooks

The six books of Proclus, the Platonic successor, on the theology of Plato (vol. 1 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

by Proclus

Ocellus Lucanus on the nature of the universe : Taurus, the Platonic philosopher, on the eternity of the world. Julius Firmicus Maternus of the thema mundi. Select theorems on the perpetuity of time, by Proclus.

by Julius Firmicus Maternus, Proclus, Tauros

The philosophical and mathematical commentaries of Proclus on the first book of Euclid's elements (Vol. 1 of 2) : 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

by Proclus

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

by Proclus

The philosophical and mathematical commentaries of Proclus on the first book of Euclid's elements (Vol. 2 of 2) : 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

by Proclus

About the author

Proclus (412–485) was a Greek Neoplatonist philosopher born in Constantinople and educated in Alexandria and Athens. He studied under Syrianus and later became head of the Platonic Academy in Athens, where he guided the school during the final centuries of classical philosophy.

His surviving works include Elements of Theology, Platonic Theology, commentaries on Plato, and a commentary on Euclid. Proclus developed a richly layered account of reality, describing how all things proceed from unity and return toward it through intellect, soul, and the ordered structure of the cosmos.

Known as “the Successor,” Proclus was also deeply interested in mathematics, astronomy, mythology, and religious practice. His ideas influenced Byzantine, Islamic, and medieval European thinkers, including later readers of the work known as the Book of Causes.