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Quaestiones de Primis Principiis
English translations of this work exist from another source language, but this specific text has never been translated.
The work 'Problems and Solutions Concerning First Principles' by Damascius was originally written in Greek. The 1826 edition by Joseph Kopp is a scholarly edition of the Greek text (with Latin title and apparatus). While an English translation of the work exists (Sara Ahbel-Rappe, 2010), it is a translation of the Greek original, not a translation of the Latin text found in the 1826 edition. Therefore, the Latin text itself has not been translated into English.
Damascius' Problems and Solutions Concerning First Principles, trans. Sara Ahbel-Rappe (2010) [complete] source
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Damascius confronts the limits of human reason when it attempts to describe the ultimate source of all things. Readers will discover why the most profound truths reside in silence rather than language.