Sallust on the Gods and the World: And the Pythagoric Sentences of Demophilus and Five Hymns by Proclus

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SKU: 9781974272051
Author: Demophilus Proclus
Translator: Taylor, Thomas
Publication Date: 08/05/2017
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Binding: Paperback
Media: Book
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Description

This volume contains three pieces of composition, each of which, though inconsiderable as to its bulk, is inestimable as to the value of its contents. On the Gods and the World is the production of Sallust, a 4th century pagan philosopher. It is a beautiful epitome of the Platonic philosophy, in which the most important dogmas are delivered with such elegant conciseness, perfect accuracy, and strength of argument, that it is difficult to say to which the treatise is most entitled-our admiration or our praise. The Sentences of Demophilus are a collection from the works of ancient Pythagoreans, by whom they were employed like proverbs, on account of their intrinsic excellence and truth. Along with five hymns by the philosopher Proclus, this volume also includes five hymns by the translator, Thomas Taylor.