Plato's Timaeus and the Latin tradition / Christina Hoenig.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hoenig, Christina, author.

Series:

Cambridge classical studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Plato. Timaeus.

Plato.

Timaeus (Plato).

Philosophy, Ancient.

Physical Description:

xvii, 331 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2018.

Summary:

This book focuses on the development of Platonic philosophy at the hands of Roman writers between the first century BCE and the early fifth century CE. It discusses the interpretation of Plato's Timaeus by Cicero, Apuleius, Calcidius, and Augustine, and examines how these authors created new contexts and settings for the intellectual heritage they received and thereby contributed to the construction of the complex and multifaceted genre of Roman Platonism.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Plato's Timaeus

The Platonic Tradition

Roman Philosophy

Plato's Timaeus and the Latin Tradition

1. The Setting: Plato's Timaeus

Dialogue Content

Methodology

An Interpretative Controversy

Demiurge, Cosmic Soul, and Lesser Divinities

Dualism

The Receptacle

2. Cicero

Cicero's Plato and Platonism

Cicero the Translator

Cicero and the Timaeus

Conclusion

3. Apuleius

Preliminaries: Rhetoric, Philosophy, and the Second Sophistic

Apuleius' Plato and Platonism

Apuleius and the Timaeus

4. Calcidius

Preliminaries: Calcidius' Identity

Calcidius' Plato and Platonism

Calcidius the Translator

Calcidius and the Timaeus

5. Augustine

Preliminaries: Manichaeism, Neoplatonism, Christianity

Augustine's Plato and Platonism

Augustine and the Timaeus

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9781108415804

1108415806

OCLC:

1028584067

Publisher Number:

40028478236