The Elements of Theology. Divine Arithmetic: A Subject Long Since Forgotten.
Edmonds, WA: Alexandrian Press [ Holmes Publishing Group ], 1993. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 126pp. Blue cloth with gilt title, etc. to spine. Smyth-sewn and archival. Edition limited to 350 hand numbered copies. Translated from the Greek by A.C. Ionides, and.produced from the translator's copy with his corrections.The "Elements of Theology" is one of Proclus' most famous works and have been described thus: "This admirable work contains two hundred and eleven propositions, disposed in a scientific order, and supported by the firmest demonstrations. They begin from the super-essential unity, and proceed gradually through all the beautiful and wonderful progressions of divine causes, ending in the self-moving energies of souls. They possess all the accuracy of Euclid, and all the subtlety and sublimity necessary to a knowledge of the most profound theology; and may be considered as bearing the same relation to the Pythagoric and Platonic wisdom, as Euclid’s Elements, to the most abstruse geometry." Just a hint of shelf rubbing corner's and lower corners lightly bumped - otherwise a tight clean copy in near Fine condition. No jacket as issued. Item #59211
ISBN: 1558182047
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