Thomas Taylor

Ocellus Lucanus on the Nature of the Universe; Taurus, the Platonic Philosopher on the Eternity of the World; Julius Firmicus Maternus of the Thema Mu Thomas Taylor

Publisher Marketing: In Which The Positions Of The Stars At The Commencement Of The Several Mundane Periods Is Given. Select Theorems On The Perpetuity Of Time, By Proclus. Contributor Bio:  Taylor, Thomas The translator of this work, Thomas Taylor, is known for his authoritative translations of the Platonists; he was practically the sole source of Neo-Platonic thought in the transcendentalist movement of New England. Iamblichus' Life of Pythagoras was a constant source of inspiration to the transcendentalists and a major influence on their writings throughout the Nineteenth Century. Taylor's work was enthusiastically acclaimed by Emerson, who referred to the translator as "a Greek born out of his time, and dropped on the ridicule of a blind and frivolous age."