Proclus Quotes

#1. Wherever there is a number, there is beauty.

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#2. This therefore is Mathematics:
She reminds you of the invisible forms of the soul;
She gives life to her own discoveries;
She awakens the mind and purifies the intellect;
She brings light to our intrinsic ideas;
She abolishes oblivion and ignorance which are ours by birth ...

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#3. Wherever there is number, there is beauty.

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#4. A true philosopher is married to wisdom; he needs no other bride.

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#5. Surely, the gods' judgment is certain. But as for us, we must be satisfied to 'come close' to those things, for we are men, who speak according to what is likely, and whose lectures resemble fables.

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#6. [On Archimedes mathematical results:] It is not possible to find in all geometry more difficult and intricate questions, or more simple and lucid explanation ... No investigation of yours would succeed in attaining the proof, and yet, once seen you immediately believe you would have discovered it.

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#7. The light of the Sun is the pure energy of intellect.

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#8. Everything is overflowing with Gods.

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