Dylan Burns with the Noetic Fire: On Proclus and Christianity
We let the tape run and explore some further aspects of the life and work of the great Proclus with Dylan Burns.
Primary Sources
The Life of Proclus
This biography documents the transition of Proclus from a brilliant young student to the final great successor of the Athenian Academy. Marinus provides a map of the soul, scaling from basic civic virtues to the heights of theurgic practice and divine communication. He strips away the historical rum
Commentary on Plato's Timaeus
This commentary serves as the definitive architecture of Neoplatonic thought, mapping the procession of all things from the One down to the physical realm. Proclus argues that the universe is not a product of blind chance but a living, ordered image sustained by divine providence. He treats the Tima
Commentary on the Timaeus
Proclus offers a breathtakingly dense metaphysical defense of Plato’s cosmology, positioning the soul as the critical 'middle nature' bridging the eternal and the material. By weaving together Pythagorean mathematics, Orphic theology, and rigorous dialectic, he argues that the cosmos is not a random
Proclus: Commentary on Plato's Timaeus
Commentary on Plato's Timaeus, Vol. I
Proclus’s commentary on the Timaeus represents the pinnacle of Neoplatonic cosmology, offering a rigorous metaphysical map of the sensible world. He argues that the universe is not a chaotic assembly of matter, but a unified organism positioned between the eternal and the temporal through the 'middl
Commentary on Plato's Timaeus, Volume II
Ernst Diehl’s landmark edition of Proclus’ commentary is more than a philological triumph; it is a gateway to the ancient world’s most sophisticated interpretation of cosmic origins. By tracing the 'genealogy' of the text through the libraries of Renaissance cardinals and Byzantine scribes, Diehl re