OCELLUS LUCANX?S;;v 



ON THE NATURE OF THE 



TAURUS, THE PLATONIC PHILOSOPHER, 



ON THE ETERNITY OF THE WORLD. 



JULIUS FIRMICUS MATERNUS 



OF THE THEMA MUNDI ; 



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. 



TRANSLATED FROM THE ORIGINALS BY 



THOMAS TAYLOR. 



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xttt euna. KKI KKVUV tvn rus avfyaTnvet; itdctifAaffUvcts et <+a 



i. e. The knowledge of divine and the most honourable things, 

 is the principle and cause and rule of human felicity. ARCHYTAS. 



LONDON: 



PRINTED FOR THE TRANSLATOR ; AND SOLD BY JOHN BOHN, 



HENRIETTA-STREET; HENRY BOHN, YORK-STREET; 



AND THOMAS RODD, GREAT NEWPORT-STREET. 



MDCCCXXXI. 



