The fragments that remain of the lost writings of Proclus, surnamed the Platonic successor / translated from the Greek, by Thomas Taylor.
- Proclus
- Date:
- 1825
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The fragments that remain of the lost writings of Proclus, surnamed the Platonic successor / translated from the Greek, by Thomas Taylor. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.
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![from this derives its appellation. For that which is true of eternal being, is not true of that which is always generated [or becoming to be], viz. the possession of infinite power, through being perpetually generated, but this pertains to the maker of it. Hence, too, it is always generated, acquiring perpetuity of existence through that which, according to essence, is eternally being ; but it does not possess perpetuity, so far as per- tains to itself. So that the definition of that which is generated may also be adapted to the world. Every thing, therefore, which is generated, is in- deed itself essentially entirely destructible; but being bound by true being, it remains in becoming to be, and the whole of it is a generated nature. Hence [though naturally destructible] it is not destroyed, in consequence of the participation of existence which it derives from true being. For, since the universe is finite, but that which is finite has not an infinite power, as Aristotle demon- strates ; and as that which moves with an infinite motion moves with an infinite power, it is evident that the immovable cause of infinite motion to the universe, possesses itself an infinite power; so that, if you conceive the universe to be separated from its immovable cause, it will not be moved to infinity, nor will it possess an infinite power, but will have a cessation of its motion. If, how-](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22402068_0026.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
