Fragments of the Lost Writings of Proclus

by Thomas Taylor and Proclus

Book Overview

Proclus was born Feb. 8, 412 AD (his birth date is deduced from a horoscope cast by a disciple, Marinus) in Constantinople to a family of high social status in Lycia (his father Patricius was a high legal official, very important in the Byzantine Empire's court system) and raised in Xanthus. He studied rhetoric, philosophy and mathematics in Alexandria, with the intent of pursuing a judicial position like his father. Before completing his studies,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1463502044
• ISBN13: 9781463502041
• Release Date: May 2011
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 56 Pages
• Weight: 0.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 8.5" x 11.0"