Proclus - A Philosophical System Without Gaps

Proclus says that intellect cannot be the first principle because it is not simple. But for Proclus, this means we cannot speak of only one divine intellect. What is doing the thinking should be distinguished from what is being thought about and there should be many gods of each kind. He associates levels of his rather baroque philosophical system with a bewildering range of traditional Greek gods,. demigods, heroes, and demons.