Elements of Theology: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Elements of Theology, credited to Proclus, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of Elements of Theology by Proclus. (Translated by Thomas Taylor.) Read in English by Geoffrey Edwards 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

Recording facts

• Recording title: Elements of Theology
• Author credits: Proclus
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 18
• Listed recording duration: 9:59:41

Catalogue topics

• philosophy
• God
• Gnosticism
• Greek
• plato
• Ralph Waldo Emerson
• mysticism
• soul

Track guide

1. 01 - Propositions 1 to 19 — 37:24
2. 02 - Propositions 20 to 39 — 37:27
3. 03 - Propositions 40 to 59 — 31:16
4. 04 - Propositions 60 to 79 — 33:43
5. 05 - Propositions 80 to 99 — 28:44
6. 06 - Propositions 100 to 119 — 33:03
7. 07 - Propositions 120 to 139 — 38:30
8. 08 - Propositions 140 to 159 — 30:53
9. 09 - Propositions 160 to 179 — 36:21
10. 10 - Propositions 180 to 199 — 28:52
11. 11 - Propositions 200 to 211 — 20:30
12. 12 - On Providence and Fate 1 to 9 — 32:16
13. 13 - On Providence and Fate 10 to 24 — 38:24
14. 14 - On Providence and Fate 25 to 37 — 32:45
15. 15 - On Providence and Fate 38 to 52 — 33:25
16. 16 - Extracts from Ten Doubts Concerning Providence & Commentary on the Parmenides — 42:13
17. 17 - Extracts from On the Subsistence of Evil — 25:14
18. 18 - Extract from Commentaries of Proclus on the Timaeus — 38:41

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