This presents several texts dealing with the philosophic view of The Gods and their providential relationship with manifestation. It includes, - Sallust, On The Gods and the World; The Pythagoric Sentences of Demophilus; Taurus, On the Eternity of the World; The Thema Mundi of Julius Firmicus Maternus; The Emperor Julian's Oration to the Mother of the Gods; and To the Sovereign Sun; Synesius' On Providence; and two essays by Taylor, On the Mythology of the Greeks; and On the Theology of the Greeks . An indispensable and accessible introduction to Greek theology.

Collected Writings on the Gods and the World (Thomas Taylor Series)

Politics & Social Sciences

Julius Firmicus Maternus

Synesius

Demophilus

Julián

Sallust

Lucius Calvenus Taurus

Philosophy

The Prometheus Trust

Thomas Taylor was one of the outstanding translators of the philosophical writings of the Greeks and Romans, and also published several original works on philosophy and mathematics. Many of his important contributions in these fields have been long out-of-print and are extremely difficult to obtain, having been issued in very small editions. Most of Taylor's translations have an archaic elegance which preserves the spirit of the older authors in a manner not evident in more recent translations. Taylor also added notes and commentaries which give valuable insight into the essential meaning often obscure in the actual text. Contents include: Collection of the Chaldean Oracles (1817); A Dissertation on the Eleusinian and Bacchic Mysteries (1790); A History of the Restoration of the Platonic Theology (1788); and Platonic Demonstration of the Immortality of the Soul (1820).

Oracles and Mysteries (Thomas Taylor Series)

TAYLOR, THOMAS

Comprises:- Taylor's General Introduction and Glossary of Greek Terms; Olympiodorus' Life of Plato; First Alcibiades complete with almost all of Proclus' Commentary on the First Alcibiades as endnotes. The Republic, and a substantial amount of Proclus' Commentary on The Republic as endnotes. Two of Taylor's articles written after the publication of this volume, relevant to the above dialogues. One of the Prometheus Trust's 'Thomas Taylor Series', beautifully bound and sewn in purple library buckRAM with gold blocking. Thomas Taylor holds a unique place in history of the Platonic tradition, as does his Works of Plato where he presents the writings of Plato alongside much of the late Platonic ("neoplatonic") commentaries

The Works of Plato in Five Volumes. Volume I.

Plató

Apuleius's Golden Ass is a unique, entertaining, and thoroughly readable Latin novel--the only work of fiction in Latin to have survived from antiquity. It tells the story of the hero Lucius, whose curiosity and fascination for sex and magic results in his transformation into an ass. After suffering a series of trials and humiliations, he is ultimately returned to human shape by the kindness of the goddess Isis. Simultaneously a blend of romantic adventure, fable, and religious testament, The Golden Ass is one of the truly seminal works of European literature, of intrinsic interest as a novel in its own right, and one of the earliest examples of the picaresque. This new translation is at once faithful to the meaning of the Latin, while reproducing all the exuberance of the original. About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, voluminous notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

Apuleius' " Golden Ass " , Or, the " Metamorphosis " : And Other Philosophical Writings Viz on the God of Socrates and on the Philosophy of Plato (Thomas Taylor)

Taylor, Thomas (trans.)

Proclus Commentary on the " Timaeus " of Plato Vol 2

PROCLUS

The works of Aristotle on Logic, comprising 6 volumes in\nCategories (translated by E.M. Edgehill) 
On Interpretation (translated by E.M. Edgehill) 
Prior Analytics (translated by A.J. Jenkinson) 
Posterior Analytics (translated by G.R.G. Mure) 
Topics (translated by W.A. Pickard-Cambridge) 
On Sophistical Refutations (translated by W.A. Pickard-Cambridge)

The Works of Aristotle Volume II: Organon or Logical Treatises of Aristotle (Thomas Taylor Series)

Aristotle; Thomas Taylor (trans.)

Philosophy as a Rite of Rebirth challenges our understanding of philosophy - indeed it challenges many centuries of assumptions which have reduced othodox philosophy to a shadow of its original.Uzdavinys returns to the very roots of philosophy in Ancient Egypt, and shows why the Greeks revered that land of pyramids and priest-kings as the source of divine wisdom. Bringing his understanding of many great traditions of philosophy - Indian, Islamic, Greek, and others - he presents the case for considering philosophy as a human participation in a theophany, or divine drama. Casting aside the unnatural limitations of modern philosophy, as well as the grave misunderstandings of Egyptologists, radical and exciting possibilities emerge for the serious philosopher. These possibilities will certainly change our view of the universe in general, but most particularly our view of ourselves. The Rebirth of the title is one that implies an expansion of consciousness both upwards towards the divine he

Philosophy as a Rite of Rebirth: From Ancient Egypt to Neoplatonism by Algis Uzdavinys (2008-12-07)

Uzdavinys, Algis

Numenius of Apamea was, according to John Dillon, the "most fascinating figure in second-century philosophy" and an important forerunner of what is commonly known as neoplatonism - so much so that at one point Plotinus was accused of merely appropriating Numenius' ideas. Unfortunately none of his works survive intact, so his full influence upon the development of Platonism must remain largely a matter of conjecture. Here, for the first time in English are the extant fragements of Numenius presented with a detailed commentary. The text followed here is that established by Des Places in his Budé edition. The translation includes all fragments, but the commentary deals only with those fragments which are directly related to Numenius' own philosophy

Fragments of Numenius of Apamea

Robert Petty

Commentary on the Timaeus of Plato, Vol. 1

Thomas Moore Johnson (1851-1919) can rightly be said to be a great American Platonist: he was one of a number of men and women of that period who sought to promulgate the philosophy of the Platonic tradition as a spiritual and intellectual discipline. Had not the tide of rationalist and sceptical thinking run so strongly in the last one hundred years, Johnson - along with his fellow philosophers such as Hiram K Jones, William Torrey Harris and Bronson Alcott - would today be recognised as a great contributor to the cause of true philosophy in the modern west. Johnson edited two journals, The Platonist and Bibliotheca Platonica, between 1880 and 1890, as well as publishing three books in the following years. This book presents much of Johnson's work during this time - translations of Iamblichus' Exhortation to Philosophy, Proclus' Elements of Metaphysics, many of his translations of the treatises of Plotinus (including three which had never before been translated into English), as well as several smaller translations of important Platonic fragments and many of his original writings.

Collected Works of Thomas Moore Johnson: The Great American Platonist

IAMBLICHUS

Plotinus

Thomas Moore Johnson

Jay Bregman

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