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OCELLUS LUCANUS
ON THE NATURE OF THE UNIVERSE.
TAURUS, THE PLATONIC PHILOSOPHER,
ON THE ETERNITY OF THE WORLD.
JULIUS FIRMICUS MATERNUS
ON THE BIRTH-CHART OF THE WORLD;
original: "Thema Mundi"
IN WHICH THE POSITIONS OF THE STARS AT THE
COMMENCEMENT OF THE SEVERAL WORLDLY
PERIODS ARE GIVEN.
SELECT THEOREMS
ON THE PERPETUITY OF TIME, BY PROCLUS.
TRANSLATED FROM THE ORIGINALS BY
THOMAS TAYLOR.
The knowledge of divine and the most honorable things
is the principle, cause, and rule of human happiness.
original Greek: Αρχα και αιτια και κανων εντι τας ανθρωπινας ευδαιμοσυνας α θειων και τιμιωτατων επιγνωσις.
That is: The knowledge of divine and the most honorable things,
is the principle and cause and rule of human happiness.—ARCHYTAS.
Archytas was a Pythagorean philosopher and mathematician; Taylor uses this quote to justify the study of metaphysics as the key to a fulfilled life.
LONDON:
PRINTED FOR THE TRANSLATOR; AND SOLD BY JOHN BOHN,
HENRIETTA STREET; HENRY BOHN, YORK STREET;
AND THOMAS RODD, GREAT NEWPORT STREET.
1831.
original: MDCCCXXXI
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