The Elements of Theology: A Revised Text with Translation, Introduction, and Commentary (Clarendon Paperbacks) - Softcover

Proclus

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0198140975 ISBN 13: 9780198140979

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1995

Synopsis

Proclus' Elements of Theology is a concise summa of the Neoplatonic system in its fully developed form; and for the student of late Greek thought second in importance only to the Enneads of Plotinus. Professor Dodds has provided a critical text based on a personal examination of some forty manuscripts, together with an English translation and a philosophical and linguistic commentary. First published in 1933, this second edition includes an Appendix of Addenda et Corrigenda and is widely regarded and respected as the definitive edition of the text today.

About this title

Review:

'An essential text for Neoplatonism and an outstanding edition.'P. Walcot, Greece & Rome, April 1993

About the Author:

Thomas Taylor (1758 - 1835), known as the English Platonist, was the first to translate into English the complete works of Plato and Aristotle. He also translated many of the later Platonists and also some of the remaining fragments of the earliest Greek writings, such as the Orphics, and the Pythagoreans. These translations, together with his original works, represent the most comprehensive survey of the philosophical thought of European antiquity.

The great advantage to Taylor translations is that he works from within the Platonic tradition, being a convinced follower of this tradition. As scholarly as many other fine translations are, they often lack the depth of Taylor's because the subtle truths embedded in Platonic writings are only understood after the profoundest meditations.

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0198140975
• ISBN 13: 9780198140979
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 398
• Editor: E. R. Dodds