Elements of Theology

Proclus (412 - 485)
Translated by Thomas Taylor (1758 - 1835)

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

Genre(s): Religion, Ancient

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 Propositions 1 to 19 Geoffrey Edwards
00:37:24
Play 02 Propositions 20 to 39 Geoffrey Edwards
00:37:27
Play 03 Propositions 40 to 59 Geoffrey Edwards
00:31:16
Play 04 Propositions 60 to 79 Geoffrey Edwards
00:33:43
Play 05 Propositions 80 to 99 Geoffrey Edwards
00:28:44
Play 06 Propositions 100 to 119 Geoffrey Edwards
00:33:03
Play 07 Propositions 120 to 139 Geoffrey Edwards
00:38:30
Play 08 Propositions 140 to 159 Geoffrey Edwards
00:30:53
Play 09 Propositions 160 to 179 Geoffrey Edwards
00:36:21
Play 10 Propositions 180 to 199 Geoffrey Edwards
00:28:52
Play 11 Propositions 200 to 211 Geoffrey Edwards
00:20:30
Play 12 On Providence and Fate 1 to 9 Geoffrey Edwards
00:32:16
Play 13 On Providence and Fate 10 to 24 Geoffrey Edwards
00:38:24
Play 14 On Providence and Fate 25 to 37 Geoffrey Edwards
00:32:45
Play 15 On Providence and Fate 38 to 52 Geoffrey Edwards
00:33:25
Play 16 Extracts from Ten Doubts Concerning Providence & Commentary on the Parmenides Geoffrey Edwards
00:42:13
Play 17 Extracts from On the Subsistence of Evil Geoffrey Edwards
00:25:14
Play 18 Extract from Commentaries of Proclus on the Timaeus Geoffrey Edwards
00:38:41