The stoicheiôsis of Proclus’ Elements of Theology

Abstract This article suggests a novel approach to the study of the argumentative structure of Proclus’ Elements of Theology ( ET ). Instead of studying it through the prism of the Elements of Euclid ( EG ), this novel approach proposes an evaluation of ET ’s argumentative structure based on Proclus’ reflections about the genre of stoicheiôsis and the methods of dialectic and geometry. Thus, I argue that studies under the suggested form of evaluation should standardize the conceptual framework of their analyses about the features of ET ’s argumentative structure, explicating their relevance for the interpretation of the text’s system of logical relations. Moreover, this article presents some examples of editorial enhancements made by editors of ET clarifying the argumentative structure of the text. With these examples, I will show how these enhancements help us clarify the argumentative structure of ET .