"At first, indeed, before she is excited by science, she is oppressed with lethargy, and clouded with oblivion; but in proportion as learning and enquiry stimulate her dormant powers, she wakens from the dreams of ignorance, and opens her eye to the irradiations of wisdom"
The Philosophical and Mathematical Commentaries of Proclus
2 entries in ESTC (1788, 1792).<br>
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<u>The Philosophical and Mathematical Commentaries of Proclus; Surnamed, Platoâ€™s Successor, on the First Book of Euclidâ€™s Elements. And His Life by Marinus. Translated from the Greek. With a Preliminary Dissertation on the Platonic Doctrine of Ideas, &C. by Thomas Taylor.</u> (London: Printed for the author: and sold by T. Payne and Son; B. White and Son; L. Davis; J. Robson; T. Cadell; Leigh and Co. G. Nicol; R. Faulder; and T. and J. Egerton, 1788-89). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T143303">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;