How Parmcnidca delivers the middle order of intelligible* and intellectuals through the one, whole, and Jiiute. And what the peculiarities are of these.
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W hence Parnienidcs begins to apeak about this order. And hoy* fai lie proccedi in what he say a about it. How he likewise unlolda the three monad* in it conformably to what is *aid iii the Phaedrus concerning them.
How Partnenides delivers the third order of intelligible* and intellectuals. Ami how he unfolds the perfective peculiarity, and tiiadic division of it.
An admonition what the union is of the three intelligible and intellectual triads, from the conclu- sion', of Piiinienides.
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How many theological dogmas wc may assume, through the order of the conclusions delivered by Parruenidcs in his discourse concerning the intelligible and intellectual God*.
CONTENTS OF THE CHAPTERS OF BOOK V. CH AP I KK I.
How the intellectual order* proceed from the intelligible and intellectual God.-. And according to what peculiarities they subsist.
What the division is of the intellectual Gods. And the progression according to hebdomads in this order of Goda,
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Who tbe three intellectual fathers are according to Plato. What the three tmdefiled i deity is, that it co-arranged w ith tbe two
How from the writing* of Plato, the procession of the intellectual Gods into .ere be collected by a reasoning process.
Who the mighty Saturn is, according to the theology in the Cratylaa. And how he is in a .
respect intelligible, and in a certain respect intellectual. In which also, the dogmas are dis- cussed concerning the uniou of intellect with the intelligible, and its separation from it.
What the kingdom of Saturn is. In what manner it is defirered by Plato in the Politkus. And of what it is the cause to the world, to the mundane Gods, asm to partial souls.
What the Satumian life of souls is. And what peculiarities of this circulation the Elean Guest
How souls are said to be nourished by ioleUigibles. And what the difference is of the
Wlut the ordors are which the mighty Saturn causes to preside over wholes. In which also, who the Satumian intellect is that is delivered in the Gorgias is unfolded.
How this God (Saturn] is peculiarly called by thoologisU insenescible, or free from old agr. And bow Plato has delivered this peculiarity of him.
Who the t ivitV Goddess it- How she is the collector of the Satumian and Jovian kingdoms. And what orders she possesses conjoined with bodt I
Who the third father in intellectuals ia. How be proceeds from the causes prior to him. Aud
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Demonstrations thai lh« whole demiargtu of the universe, is the third father of the intellectual God*.
through man)' arguments that the in the third order of intellectuals.
That Timcus especially delivers the peculiarity of the demiurgus, by calling him intellect. And that this pertains to the third of the intellectual i
How according to another method it is requisite to discover the peculiarity of the demiurgus. And how the demiurgus is called in the Tunaeus effector aud father. In which also, it is clearly shown, where the paternal, where the paternal and at the same time effective, wliere the effec- tive and uatcnial aud where the effective oulv are. acconiimr to Plato. Anil in short in
How following Timeeus, according to a third method, we may purify our the demiurgic monad.
A theological explanation of the speech of the demiurgus in the Tinraus, distinctly evolving our conceptions about the demiurgic energy.
What the second speech of the demiurgus is to divisible souls. In what it differs from the former. And bow in this all the measures of the life of souls are defined.
of all that is said about the demiurgus, following the
from what is said iu the Cratylus, that Plato attributes fabrication to Jupiter.
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Admonitions from what is said in the Cratylus of tbe fsbricatioo of Jupiter. In which also the concord is demonstrated of the theology from name*, with the arrangement of the demiurgim in the Tinwus.
Admonitions of the fabrication of Jupiter from what is demonstrated in the Philebiu. In which also it is shown, what the royal soul, and the royal intellect are.
Demonstration* of the same thing, from what is said in the Protagoras about the political science.
An argument shewing that Jupiter is the demiurgus and father of tbe universe* according to Plato, from what is said in the Politic us concerning the twofold circulation [of the uniTcrse.]
Admonitions of the same things, from what is said in the Laws concerning analogy, viz. that it is the judgment of Jupiter.
How Jupiter subsists according to cause in animal itself, and how animal itself is in Jupiter.
CHAFrER XXVIII. How Tim ecu j attributes to the demiurgus die unknown and ineffable.
Why Timaus thinks fit to denominate animal itself, and is of opinion that it may be known, but leaves the demiurgus unkuowu and ineffable.
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Concerning the Crater in the Tiuiaras, a theology teaching w hat tbe genera are that are mingled in it, and how it is the tausc of the essence of souls.
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Thai tlie Craler in the Timaius is fontal. And admonitions from the writings of Plato, concerning the principle and fouutaii) of souls.
Ivt * »««•[, it is necessary to read ««»t*.
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That the three vWific fountains co-arranged with the demiurgua, may be assumed from what is said in the Timaeas, via. the fountain of souls, the fountain of the virtues, and the fountain of natures.
Admonitions concerning the undc filed Gods ; that there are such Gods according to Plato; and what the peculiarity is of their essence.
More manifest demonstrations of the hypostasis of the untie filed Gods, according to Plato.
Admonitions through many arguments how it is proper to denominate the undented Gods accord- ing to Plato. In which also, the tuiion of tbcm, what their separation, and what their pecu- liarity are, is delivered.
How from what is mystically asserted by Plato, auxiliaries may be obtained, concerning the seventh monad of intellectuals.
How Plato delivers in the Parmcnides the summit of the intellectual Gods.'
How Parroenidcs unfolds the middle order of the intellectual breadth, and through what signs
How Parmenides defines the third order of intellectuals, and through that peculiarities.
CHAPTER XL.
A common theory of the intellectual hebdomad, from the conclusions of Parmenides.
' The contents of chapter thirty-seren in the original erroneously form the conclusion of the contents of chapter thirtv-sit. And instead of «K »m it is therefore necessary to read .n- m ■prn, Uence what
are marked «».»,',«». x,, and «f . >», should be marked «*. *», anrt «*. ^. It will be found also Uiat
ehspter lojiy is wantiug.
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CONTENTS OF THE CHAPTERS OF BOOK VI.
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That the ruling order of God* is in continuity with the intellectual God*. And that the division .and principles may be
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How the ruling Gods proceed. And that the supermundane peculiarity pertain* to these God*
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What tie peculiarity is of the ruling Gods. That the aantnilaUve i. especially characteristic of
them. And how the causes of assimi how to .Unintelligible paradigm.
What the powers are of the assimilative Gods. What their energies, imparted by them to the world, and to all mundane natures.
What the divisions are of the assimilative Gods. And that the greatest part of the discourse about i middle orders in them.
Many demonstrations, that both according to Plato and other theologists, there is ont
That Jupiter is twofold ; one indeed, being prior to the three sons of Saturn, [but the one of them.] And bow the three proceed from Saturn, and the one Jupiter.
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That according to Plato also, the demiurgic monad subsists prior to the three sons of Demonstrations of this from what is said in the Politicus, and in the Laws.
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More manifest admonitions of the game things from what is said in the Gorgias, nod in the Cratyius.
Who the three demiurp are, and what order they have with reference to each other.
What the rivific triad is among the ruling Gods. And whence we may derive i of Plato concerning the union and division of this triad.
What the cottvertrve triad of the ruling Gods is; and what die monad which it contains. In which also, the union of Apollo with the sun is demonstrated ; and it is shewn, how from what is wid about Apollo we may be led to the theory of the solar orders.
What the undented order is of the ruling Gods. And how from the writings of Plato conceptions about it may be obtained.
How Parmcnidcs forms his conclusions about the ruling Gods, in continuity with the demiurgic order. And that he characterizes the whole order of them, through similitude and dis-
Wlut the supermundane and at die same time mundane genus of Gods is. And how through their own medium they preserve the continuity of the Gods that proceed from the demiargus.
How die liberated Gods are characterized. And how from their liberated peculiarity they are : from the- universe, and arc co-arranged with the mundane Gods.
Wliat the common power*, and what the common energies are of the liberated Gods, according with the essence that has been dehSeied of them.
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Concerning the twelve leaders or ruler* mentioned in the Phasdrus, and that they have a liberated
Man; and clearer demonstrations that the great leader Jupiter, and all the dodecad of leaden, are liberated.
An explanation from precedaueous causes whence the number of the dodecad in the liberated Gods is derived.
What the division of the liberated leaders is into two monads and one decad. And what the one division of them is.
The theology concerning each of the twelve Gods, unfolding the peculiarities of them from the subjects of their government.
ing the mother of the Fates mentioned in the Republic. Likewise concerning the triad of the Fates. What orders they have with reference to each other. What powers of them are delivered through divine symbols. What their energies are. And how Plato ■ the liberated peculiarity.
now Pannenides forms his conclusions concerning the liberated Gods immediately after the
milatiTe Gods. And how he characterizes the order of them by touching and not touching
CONTENTS OF THE CHAPTERS OF BOOK VII.
On the mundane Gods in general,— the source of their progression, — their orders, powers, ami spheres.
On the division, and allotments of the mundane Gods.
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That (he mundane do not differ from the supermundane Gods in habitudes to bodies, &c. — That the providence of the Gods is not circumscribed by place.— That h pervade* all things, and like the light of die sun, fills whatever is capable of receiving it.
After what manner the visible celestial orbs are Gods.— That a celestial body is eminently allied to the incorporeal essence of die Gods.— That the visible are connected with tire intelligible Gods. — And that the perfectly iurorporcal are united to the sensible Gods, through the essence of each being characterized by the one.
The nature of the mundane Gods unfolded from the speech of the Demiurgus to them, in the Timcus. — And what the whole conception of the speech is according to Proclus.
What the demiurgus effects in the multitude of mundane Gods by the first words of his speech*— That the words of the Demiurgus are addressed to the composite from soul and animal, via. to the animal which is divine and partakes of a soul. — The meaning of the words, " Of whom [ am the demiurgus and father," 8cc.
The meaning of the words unfolded in the speech of the Demiurgus, " Every thing therefore which is bound is dissoluble, but to be willing to dissolve that which is beautifully harmonized and well composed, is the province of an ill nature."
The following part of the speech of the Demiurgus to the mundane Gods unfolded.— The differ' ence between the primarily and secondarily immortal, and the primarily and secondarily mdissoluble.-And that the mundane Gods are neither primarily immortal, nor primarily indissoluble.
That part of the speech of the Demiurgus uufolded, in which be says to the mundane God.«, «' Learn now therefore what I say to you indicating my desire."
The developetneat of the remaining part of the speech of the Demiurgus.
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Who the junior God* are, and why they are thus called.
Farther important particulars respecting the fabrication of the mundane Gods, collected from the Timseus, and unfolded.
Continuation of the deYelopement of these particulars.