The Philosophical and Mathematical Commentaries of Proclus on the First Book of Euclid’s Elements

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Author

Proclus, 412-485

Title

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

Original Publication

London: Printed for the author, 1792.

Credits

Karin Spence and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

QA: Science: Mathematics

Subject

Platonists

Category

Text

eBook-No.

79455

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/79455

Release Date

August 26, 2026

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE PHILOSOPHICAL and MATHEMATICAL COMMENTARIES OF PROCLUS, ON THE FIRST BOOK OF EUCLID’S ELEMENTS.
2. 2.PREFACE.
3. 3.BOOK III. — Concerning Petitions and Axioms.
4. 4.BOOK IV.
5. 5.SECT. I.
6. 6.SECTION II.
7. 7.SECTION III.
8. 8.ON THE ONE. — CONCERNING UNITY. — Concerning PRODUCING CAUSES , and THINGS PRODUCED . — On the FIRST GOOD , which is called THE GOOD ITSELF . — Concerning that which is SUFFICIENT TO ITSELF . — CONCERNING CAUSE. — Concerning an IMMOVEABLE , and SELF-MOTIVE PRINCIPLE or CAUSE . — Concerning an INCORPOREAL ESSENCE , and its PROPERTIES . — Concerning the GRADATION OF BEINGS . — That INTELLECT is not the FIRST CAUSE . — Concerning the imparticipable [105] (or that which is without participation), and that which participates. — CONCERNING THE PERFECT. — CONCERNING THAT WHICH PRODUCES. — Concerning that which is Eternal, for the Purpose of demonstrating the Eternity of the World. — CONCERNING PROVIDENCE. — CONCERNING INTELLECT. — CONCERNING SOUL.
9. 9.APPENDIX. — FOOTNOTES:

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