The Six books of Proclus, the Platonic successor, on The Theology of Plato (Greek: ΠΕΡΙ ΤΗΣ ΚΑΤΑ ΠΛΑΤΩΝΑ ΘΕΟΛΟΓΙΑΣ; Latin: Theologia Platonica; Alternate English Title: Platonic Theology). A Seventh book was written by the translator, Thomas Taylor, in order to supply the deficiency of another book on this subject, which was written by Proclus, but since lost. According to the 1995 Prometheus Trust edition Book 3 Chapter 1 of this translation contains Chapters 1-4 from the original Greek, Chapter 2 contains the Greek chapters 5-6 and Chapter 3 contains the Greek Chapters 7-8. Thereafter, the translated and Greek chapters match beginning at Chapter 9. A quotation from Proclus is included on the cover of Harmonices Mundi Liber I despite the fact that Johannes Kepler's mother had been recently accused of witchcraft and threatened with torture. (Adapted from the Text and Wikipedia by Geoffrey Edwards)
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Keywords that describe the book: philosophy, religion, Christianity, God, heaven, Gnosticism, plato, angels, universe, divine, platonism, neoplatonism, plotinus, proclus, the one
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Before I set this up for you I just wanted to ask about the book title. The following title appears when I do a translator search: The Six Books of Proclus, the Platonic Successor, on the Theology of Plato. Could you help me understand where the title "Platonic Theology" comes from?
"Platonic Theology
Saffrey, H.D., and L.G. Westerink, 1968–1997, Proclus: Théologie platonicienne, 6 vol., (Series: Collection des Universités de France), Paris: Les Belles Lettres.
Taylor, Th, 1816, Proclus’ Theology of Plato, (Series: The Thomas Taylor Series, VIII), London: Prometheus Trust. [Reprint]"
There was also a later Christian Philosopher named Ficino who wrote a book that has the exact same Latin title and it is called Platonic Theology on Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platonic_theology
I've changed the book title to the not so sexy one on the cover page. I would use this title at the beginning of the first intro and in the end of book statement at the very end of the last section. A shorter title can be used elsewhere as you did in the filenames. I took the liberty of putting myself in as DPL. If you have someone else in mind let me know.
There are 2 mistaken citations in this section of the book. One to the Bible and one to Kepler. I read the correct citations instead. Just in case you're wondering.
