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    Fragments of the Lost Writings of Proclus
    Fragments of the Lost Writings of Proclus
    Fragments of the Lost Writings of Proclus
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    Fragments of the Lost Writings of Proclus

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    Fragments of the Lost Writings of Proclus Thomas Taylor - Fragments of the Lost Writings of Proclus" is a short book of translations of fragments of Proclus by Thomas Taylor, the English Neoplatonist and translator of Aristotle, Plato and Orpheus.Proclus Lycaeus (412 - 485), surnamed "The Successor" or "diadochos" was a Greek Neoplatonist philosopher, one of the last major Classical philosophers. He set forth one of the most elaborate and fully developed systems of Neoplatonism. He stands near the end of the classical development of philosophy, and was very influential on Western Medieval Philosophy (Greek and Latin) as well as Islamic thought.
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    PublisherPhoemixx Classics Ebooks
    Release dateDec 9, 2021
    ISBN9783986770563
    Fragments of the Lost Writings of Proclus
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    Thomas Taylor

    The translator of this work, Thomas Taylor, is known for his authoritative translations of the Platonists; he was practically the sole source of Neo-Platonic thought in the transcendentalist movement of New England. Iamblichus' Life of Pythagoras was a constant source of inspiration to the transcendentalists and a major influence on their writings throughout the Nineteenth Century. Taylor's work was enthusiastically acclaimed by Emerson, who referred to the translator as "a Greek born out of his time, and dropped on the ridicule of a blind and frivolous age."

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