Elements of Theology

IN ORDER TO SUPPLY THE DEnCIBXCY OF ANOTHER BOOK ON THIS SUBJECT, WHICH WAS WRITTEN BT PROCLVS, BUT SINCE LOST. ALSO, A TRANSLATION FROM THE GREEK OF PROCLUS' ELEMENTS OF THEOLOGY. TO ^HICR ABE ADDED A TRANSLATION OF THE TREATISE OF PROCLUS, 0Dn PtottiDence ann iTate; A TRANSLATION OF EXTRACTS FROM HIS TREATISE, ENTITLED, TEN DOUBTS CONCERNING PROVIDENCE; AND A TBANSLATION OF EXTRACTS FROM HIS TREATISE ON THE SUBSISTENCE OF EVIL | As preserved in the Bibliotkeca Gr. of Fabricim. BY THOMAS TAYLOR, A>Ji Ttn, trrt, *eu T»f tyytKif Xoyy, 2f»(, Mtu 9(01, fifcmm A«v<rr»yn$ w«iih). Euripides, There are, there are, though laugh the scoSSer may, Jove aiid die Gods, who mortal ills survey. umf nvt (mi toXAoi, uu xugioi «oXXm. Corinth. I. Cap. 8. v. 5. As there be GoD« many, and Lords many. TWO VOLUMES. :".'-• VOL. L ."rj. LONDON: PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR, By J. J. Falpy, Tooke^s Court, Chancery Latu. fiXD SOLD BY MESSRS. LAW AND Co.; LONGMAN AND Co.; BALDWIN AND Co.; AND ALL OTHER BOOKSELLERS. 18l6r TO WILLIAM MEREDITH, ESQUJRE^ yrno with a firmness and munificence, UNPARALLELED IN MODERN TIMES, HAS PATRONIZED THE PHILOSOPHY OF PLATO AND ARISTOTLE, AND ITS ENGLISH PROMULGATOR; AS AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF NO COMMON ESTEEM FOR HIS CHARACTER, AND A TRIBUTE OF THE WARMEST GRATTTDDE FOR HIS PATRONAGE, THIS WORK IS DEDICATED BY THE TRANSLATOR, THOMAS TAYLOR. INTRODUCTION.…