The soul is forever the mover of itself.
Ἡ ψυχὴ ἑαυτὴν κινεῖ πάντοτε.

Philosophers
Proclus
Born 412 in Constantinople, Proclus was the last great philosopher of late antiquity, head of the Athenian Academy for nearly fifty years. His Elements of Theology, 211 propositions modelled on Euclid, threaded one line.
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