UID:
almafu_9959234308602883
Format:
1 online resource (xiii, 344 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
1-316-50525-1
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1-139-03340-9
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1-107-23982-6
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1-107-24095-6
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1-107-24817-5
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1-107-25066-8
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1-107-24734-9
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1-107-24983-X
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1-107-24900-7
Series Statement:
Proclus: Commentary on Plato's Timaeus
Uniform Title:
On the Timaeus.
Content:
Proclus' commentary on Plato's dialogue Timaeus is arguably the most important commentary on a text of Plato, offering unparalleled insights into eight centuries of Platonic interpretation. It has had an enormous influence on subsequent Plato scholarship. This edition offers the first new English translation of the work for nearly two centuries, building on significant recent advances in scholarship on Neoplatonic commentators. It provides an invaluable record of early interpretations of Plato's dialogue, while also presenting Proclus' own views on the meaning and significance of Platonic philosophy. The present volume, the fifth in the edition, presents Proclus' commentary on the Timaeus, dealing with Proclus' account of static and flowing time; we see Proclus situating Plato's account of the motions of the stars and planets in relation to the astronomical theories of his day. The volume includes a substantial introduction, as well as notes that will shed new light on the text.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 30 Jun 2022).
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Cover; Half title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Note on the translation; Introduction to Book 4; The Structure of book 4; The eighth gift of time: Eternity and the higher time; The ninth gift: visible time and the planets; Platonic exegesis and contemporary astronomy; Physical astronomy and philosophical hyperastronomy; Proclus and Ptolemy on the planetary order; The precession of equinoxes; The greatest gift of all: the four kinds of living creature; Conclusion; Works cited; On the Timaeus of Plato: Book 4, Proclus on Time and the Stars
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Analytical table of contentsTranslation; I. The eighth gift of the Demiurge: time; A. The transition to eternity: Tim. 37c6-d2; 1. General discussion; 2. Lexis; B. The relation of Eternity to Time: Tim. 37d3-7; 1. The common conception of Eternity; 2. Aristotles account of Time and Eternity; 3. The Platonists' account of time; a. Eternity and the Living Being Itself; b. Eternity is not among the five genera; c. Proclus' account of Eternity; 4. Lexis; C. The nature of Time; 1. Mistaken views about time; a. Time is neither a concept nor an incidental cause
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b. Time is not a consequence of souls thinking2. Proclus' account of what time is; 3. Appendix: specific criticism of "the physicists"; 4. Earlier Platonists on the sense in which time is 'an image of Eternity'; D. The parts and forms of time, Tim. 37e1-4; 1. What are days, nights, etc.?; 2. What are the tenses?; 3. Problem: why do the heavenly gods need time?; 4. The harmony of Plato and the Theurgists; E. The proper limits of tensed language; 1. Explication of Tim. 37e4-38a1; a. General observations; b. The source of our confusion about tensed language; 2. Explication of Tim. 38a1-9
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3. Explication of Tim. 38a9-b5F. The relation between time and the heavens; a. Lexis for Tim. 38b6-c2; G. Summary of the teaching on time; II. The ninth gift of the Demiurge: the stars; A. Explication of Tim. 38c3-6; 1. Visible and invisible time; 2. The contributions of the planets toward visible time; 3. The procession of time; a. Two puzzles about the order of procession resolved; B. Explication of Tim. 38c5-d1; C. The planets and their movements; 1. The order of the planets; a. The Platonic ordering; 233 The astrological ordering of the planets233
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2. The equal speeds of the Sun, Mercury and Venusa. The mathematicans; b. Porphyry and Theodore of Asine; c. Iamblichus; 3. Mars, Jupiter and Saturn; D. The influence of the planets; E. The lives of the planets; F. The motions of the planets; 1. General remarks; 2. The relative speeds of the planets; 3. The spiral motion of the planets; 4. The primary role of the Sun, Tim. 39b2-c1; a. General interpretation; b. Lexis for Tim. 39b2-c1; 5. Night and day; a. General interpretation; b. Lexis for Tim. 39c1-d2; 6. The Platonic Great Year; 7. Conclusion of the discussion of time
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III. The tenth gift of the Demiurge: the cosmos is filled with all the kinds of living being
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-521-84658-7
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-322-88203-7
Language:
English
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781139033404
