Proclus was widely available to Western scholars via the thirteenth - century translations of the Flemish Dominican , William of Moerbeke .
Ficino 's work was also meant to compete with the ancient Platonic Theology of Proclus .
Platonic Theology of Proclus was widely available to Western scholars via the thirteenth - century translations of the Flemish Dominican , William of Moerbeke .
Ficino 's work was also meant to compete with the ancient Platonic Theology of Proclus .