Elements of Theology
Proclus
Read by Geoffrey Edwards
The Elements of Theology (ΣΤΟΙΧΕΙΩΣΙΣ ΘΕΟΛΟΓΙΚΗ) was written by the Greek Neoplatonist philosopher Proclus (ΠΡΟΚΛΟΣ) and translated by Thomas Taylor who named his youngest son Thomas Proclus Taylor. This book consists of 211 propositions, each followed by a proof, beginning from the existence of the One (divine Unity) and ending with the descent of individual souls into the material world. Saint Thomas Aquinas recognized that the Liber de Causis (Book of Causes), which had been attributed to Aristotle, was actually a summary of the Elements of Theology, likely written by an Arabic interpreter. - Summary adapted from Wikipedia by Geoffrey Edwards (9 hr 59 min)
Chapters
Propositions 1 to 19 | 37:24 | Read by Geoffrey Edwards |
Propositions 20 to 39 | 37:27 | Read by Geoffrey Edwards |
Propositions 40 to 59 | 31:16 | Read by Geoffrey Edwards |
Propositions 60 to 79 | 33:43 | Read by Geoffrey Edwards |
Propositions 80 to 99 | 28:44 | Read by Geoffrey Edwards |
Propositions 100 to 119 | 33:03 | Read by Geoffrey Edwards |
Propositions 120 to 139 | 38:30 | Read by Geoffrey Edwards |
Propositions 140 to 159 | 30:53 | Read by Geoffrey Edwards |
Propositions 160 to 179 | 36:21 | Read by Geoffrey Edwards |
Propositions 180 to 199 | 28:52 | Read by Geoffrey Edwards |
Propositions 200 to 211 | 20:30 | Read by Geoffrey Edwards |
On Providence and Fate 1 to 9 | 32:16 | Read by Geoffrey Edwards |
On Providence and Fate 10 to 24 | 38:24 | Read by Geoffrey Edwards |
On Providence and Fate 25 to 37 | 32:45 | Read by Geoffrey Edwards |
On Providence and Fate 38 to 52 | 33:25 | Read by Geoffrey Edwards |
Extracts from Ten Doubts Concerning Providence & Commentary on the Parmenides | 42:13 | Read by Geoffrey Edwards |
Extracts from On the Subsistence of Evil | 25:14 | Read by Geoffrey Edwards |
Extract from Commentaries of Proclus on the Timaeus | 38:41 | Read by Geoffrey Edwards |