Proclus's Commentary on the First Book of Euclid's Elements
(translated by Thomas Taylor, 1792)
Book I
- Book I., Chapter 1: On the Middle Nature of the Mathematical Essence.
- Book I., Chapter 2: Concerning the common Principles of Beings, and of the Mathematical Essence, bound and infinite.
- Book I., Chapter 3: What the common Theorems are of the Mathematical Essences.
- Book I., Chapter 4: How these Common Properties subsist, and by what Science they are considered.
- Book I., Chapter 5: What the Instrument is, which judges of the Mathematical Genera and Species.
- Book I., Chapter 6: Concerning the Essence of Mathematical Genera and Species.
- Book I., Chapter 7: What the Employments and Powers are of the Mathematical Science, and how far they extend themselves in their Energies.
- Book I., Chapter 8: Concerning the Utility of the Mathematical Science.
- Book I., Chapter 9: A Solution of an Objection raised by some against the Utility of the Mathematical Sciences.
- Book I., Chapter 10: A Solution of another Objection of certain Platonists, against the Utility of the Mathematical Sciences.
- Book I., Chapter 11.
- Book I., Chapter 12: What and how many are the Species of the whole Mathematical Science are, according to the Opinion of the Pythagoreans.
- Book I., Chapter 13: Another Division of the Mathematical Science, according to Geminus.
- Book I., Chapter 14: How Dialectic is the Top of the Mathematical Sciences, and what their Conjunction is, according to Plato.
- Book I., Chapter 15: From Whence the Name Mathematics originated.
Proclus's Commentary, Book II
- Book II., Chapter 1: What Part Geometry is of Mathematics, and what the Matter is of which it consists.
- Book II., Chapter 2: What kind of Science Geometry is.
- Book II., Chapter 3: From whence the whole of Geometry originated, how far it proceeds, and in what its Utility consists.
- Book II., Chapter 4: On the Origin of Geometry, and its Inventors
- Book II., Chapter 5: What Mathematical Volumes Euclid composed.
- Book II., Chapter 6: Concerning the Purport of Geometry.
- Book II., Chapter 7: From whence the Name of Elementary Institution originated, and why Euclid is called the Institutor of Elements.
- Book II., Chapter 8: Concerning the Order of Geometrical Discourses.
- Book II., Chapter 9: Concerning the Design of the first Book,---its Division,---and a previous Admonition to the Reader.
- Definitions
Proclus's Commentary, Book III
Proclus's Commentary, Book IV