Everything perfect proceeds outward from its own perfection.
Πᾶν τὸ τέλειον ἀπὸ τῆς ἑαυτοῦ τελειότητος προέρχεται.
Philosophers
Proclus
Born 412 in Constantinople, Proclus was the last great philosopher of late antiquity, head of the Athenian Academy for nearly fifty years. His Elements of Theology, 211 propositions modelled on Euclid, threaded one line.
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Source: Elements of Theology, Prop. 25Verified
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