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Ben C Smith · 03-20-2008, 05:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Roger Pearse

The hydra has me too, it seems. I've just discovered that Kenneth Sylvan Guthrie translated all the works of Proclus, and that one of his copies was available for sale from an online bookseller (albeit at a rather stiff price). I cannot imagine that anyone else will do it, so I've bought it and will scan and place the works online.

It is worth noting that not even 1/100th of 1% of the people in the world would be interested in your project even if they were aware of it, nor should they be. No sensible person would believe that a God would choose to use copies of copies of ancient texts as a primary means of communicating with humans.

Proclus was a neo-Platonic pagan philosopher. I seriously doubt Roger is under the impression that Proclus is holy Christian scripture.

To mock the uploading of an ancient text, any ancient text (pagan, Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Buddhist, what have you), so that others can easily access it online is downright anti-intellectual.

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Under many different circumstances, you would not be a Christian today....

Does this work on you, too? Under many different circumstances, you would not be a skeptic today.... Just asking.

Ben.

Roger Pearse · 03-20-2008, 06:27 AM

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Originally Posted by andrewcriddle

It may be worth noting that there are other interesting Greek Philosophy translations by Guthrie at http://www.archive.org/search.php?qu...iatype%3Atexts

Very interesting and useful - thank you. I should have checked this first, although the book that I've bought isn't one of them. The "Complete works" in 4 vols is the works of Plotinus.

The Numenius looks interesting, tho.

All the best,

Roger Pearse

Roger Pearse · 03-20-2008, 06:30 AM

Note that a search on Proclus at archive.org brings up several of the old Thomas Taylor translations!

http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=proclus

Roger Pearse · 03-20-2008, 06:46 AM

I must admit that the admixture of theurgy in late philosophy tends to turn me off.

Roger Pearse · 03-21-2008, 02:55 AM

I found last night that I happened to have an out of copyright English translation of five hymns of Proclus on my shelves. I've uploaded it, somewhat incongruously, to my collection of the Fathers, and the file is here.

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Roger Pearse Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: N/A Posts: 4,370	Note that a search on Proclus at archive.org brings up several of the old Thomas Taylor translations! http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=proclus

03-20-2008, 06:46 AM	#34
Roger Pearse Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: N/A Posts: 4,370	I must admit that the admixture of theurgy in late philosophy tends to turn me off.

03-21-2008, 02:55 AM	#35
Roger Pearse Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: N/A Posts: 4,370	I found last night that I happened to have an out of copyright English translation of five hymns of Proclus on my shelves. I've uploaded it, somewhat incongruously, to my collection of the Fathers, and the file is here.

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