Proclus · thesis 24.30

Thesis 24.30

Latin

Et si secunda trinitas deorum supermundanorum tota dicatur Proserpina, tamen prima eius unitas apud graecos dicitur Diana, secunda Persephone, tertia Minerua; apud barbaros uero, prima Hechate, secunda anima, tertia uirtus.

Copy-text: Farmer 1998, line 16390

Apparatus (Farmer): 1486 Thesis split in two following persephone, corrected in. Emendationes errorum 1487 text emended sic

English

And although the whole second trinity of supermundane gods is called Proserpina, nevertheless its first unity is called Diana among the Greeks, the second Persephone, the third Minerva; among the barbarians, however, the first Hecate, the second Soul, the third Power.

'anima' and 'uirtus' rendered 'Soul' and 'Power', capitalised as names; the Latin gives no Chaldean words. Farmer's note takes 'barbarians' to mean the Chaldeans (farmer1998:16458). The 1486 edition splits the thesis after 'Persephone' and the errata correct it (farmer1998:16402). Sense checked against farmer1998:16445.

Translation: machine-drafted 2026-09-27 by TRANSLATOR-T03b-1; sense checked against farmer1998:16445; awaiting human check

Attribution: reported according to Proclus (section 24 of the historical theses) · Pico's stance: reports

Farmer's cross-references

• 3>5 Quanto unusquisque modus cognitionis est eminentior, tanto in intellectu disproportionato imperfectior euadit et illi inutilior.