Metaphysical Elements (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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Explore the life and ideas of Proclus, a defining bridge in Platonic thought and sacred philosophy.

This edition illuminates the path from Plato’s academy to Proclus’s own vast writings, highlighting his training, his ascent to wisdom, and his role as a master of ancient philosophy. It blends biographical detail with the development of a distinctly theocratic Platonism, including how divine natures relate to human knowledge and the cosmos.

- Learn how Proclus absorbed Aristotle and Plato and used their ideas to shape a unified theological philosophy.
- See how virtue and intellect are described as guiding powers that purify the soul and illuminate the divine order.
- Understand key propositions about how gods know the world, participate in it, and sustain all things by their very nature.
- Delve into the relationships between intelligible realities, the soul, and the body in a system that blends myth, ritual, and philosophy.

Ideal for readers of ancient philosophy, Platonic theology, and the history of metaphysical thought.

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