Front matter
Thomas Taylor translation
SELECT WORKS OF PORPHYRY;
CONTAINING HIS FOUR BOOKS ON ABSTINENCE FROM ANIMAL FOOD; HIS TREATISE ON THE HOMERIC CAVE OF THE NYMPHS; AND HIS AUXILIARIES TO THE PERCEPTION OF INTELLIGIBLE NATURES.
TRANSLATED FROM THE GREEK BY THOMAS TAYLOR.
WITH AN APPENDIX, EXPLAINING THE ALLEGORY OF THE WANDERINGS OF ULYSSES. BY THE TRANSLATOR.
Και ουτω θεων και ανθρωπων θειων και ευδαιμονων βιος, απαλλαγη των αλλων των τῃδε, ανηδονος των τῃδε, φυγη μονου προς μονον.—Plotini Op. p. 771.
LONDON: PRINTED FOR THOMAS RODD, 17, GREAT NEWPORT STREET. 1823.
LONDON: PRINTED BY J. MOYES, GREVILLE STREET.
TO THE REV. WILLIAM JOHN JOLLIFFE, AS A TESTIMONY OF GREAT ESTEEM FOR HIS TALENTS AND WORTH, AND A TRIBUTE OF THE WARMEST GRATITUDE FOR HIS PATRONAGE, THIS WORK IS DEDICATED BY THE TRANSLATOR, THOMAS TAYLOR.