Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 282 pages)
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digital, PDF file(s)
ISBN:
9781139506793
Uniform Title:
On the Timaeus
Content:
Proclus' Commentary on the dialogue Timaeus by Plato (d.347 BC), written in the fifth century AD, 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 nevertheless offers the first new translation of the work for nearly two centuries, building on significant recent advances in scholarship by Neoplatonic commentators. It will provide 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 book presents Proclus' unrepentant account of a multitude of divinities involved with the creation of mortal life, the supreme creator's delegation to them of the creation of human life, and the manner in which they took the immortal life principle from him and wove it together with our mortal parts to produce human beings
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 17 Jul 2017)
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781107032644
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781107032644
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9781139506793
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