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Page 1. " But others from opinion in conjunction with 

 reason;" which in the original is, TO. e KCU dofy, pera 

 \oyov. But Ocellus is not accurate in what he here asserts, 

 as is evident from what Plato says in his Timseus. For the 

 divine philosopher having, in the former part of this dialogue, 

 proposed to consider " what that is which is always being, 

 but is without generation, and what that is which is gene- 

 rated [or consists in becoming to be], but is never [really] 

 being, adds : " The former of these, indeed, is compre- 

 hended by intelligence in conjunction with reason, since it 

 always subsists with invariable sameness ; but the latter is 

 perceived by opinion in conjunction with irrational sense, since 

 it is generated and corrupted, and never truly is." Ti TO ov 

 IJLCV aei, yevecriv e OVK e\ov' KO.L TI TO yiyvoperov p,ev t ov 

 $e ov^eTTore. TO fiev 77, rorjcret /uera Xoyou TrepiXnTrTov, 

 act Kara ravra ov' TO c'av co^rj /ier* aicrdrjffedjs aXoyov, 

 doZaffrov, ytyvofjievov cai. aTroXAv/xevoi', ovrws ^e ov^CTrore 

 ov. Plato, as is evident from what is said in the Introduc- 

 tion to this work, had seen this tract of Ocellus, and cor- 

 rects him in what he here says, as he also did the opinions 

 of other philosophers anterior to, or contemporary with him. 

 For if Ocellus had spoken accurately, he should have said, 

 " that he had learnt some things through clear arguments 

 from nature herself, but others from opinion in conjunction 

 with irrational sense." For, as Proclus admirably demon- 

 strates in his Commentary on the above passage from the 



