My Greatest Fear

MY GREATEST FEAR:

My greatest fear is that I have not completely eradicated my evil inclination.

This does not say that I'm not sure whether or not I have completely eradicated my evil inclination. I am saying that I know I have not, and I fear the evil that the Lord, in his compassion, has hidden from my sight. He has prevented me from seeing it because I am too weak to conquer it right now. And that is why I am fearful.

But I place my trust in the Lord, that he is guiding me in His ways, and teaching me to become stronger, so that I will be able to conquer every last trace of my evil inclination. Because I place my trust in the Lord completely, I am guaranteed of victory.

Article - The Lost Works of Proclus

I have just written a lengthy article for my blog Academy of Neoplatonism on the topic of the lost works of Proclus.  It is wholly speculative but supremely interesting considering that the problem of what happened to Proclus' 13 lost works, at the least count, has not been dealt with by scholars .  My conjecture is that these works were actually lost in an accidental fire of Proclus' home.  There is some weight to this thesis, considering the unusual occurrence of the Tria Opuscula, Proclus' three minor works that deal with the problems of providence, fate and evil.  You will find out much more by reading the full article here:

The Lost Works of Proclus