On Plato Cratylus Proclus ; translated by Brian Duvick ; guest editor: Harold Tarrant.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Proclus, approximately 410-485, author.

Contributor:

Duvick, Brian Marshall, editor.

Tarrant, Harold, editor.

Series:

Ancient commentators on Aristotle

Standardized Title:

In Platones Cratylum commentaria. English

Language:

English

Latin

Subjects (All):

Plato. Cratylus.

Plato.

Language and languages--Philosophy.

Language and languages.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 210 pages).

Place of Publication:

Ithaca, N.Y. Cornell University Press 2007.

Summary:

"Until the launch of this series nearly twenty years ago, the 15,000 volumes of the ancient Greek commentators on Aristotle, written mainly between 200 and 600 ad, constituted the largest corpus of extant Greek philosophical writings not translated into English or other European languages. Over 40 volumes have now appeared in the series, which is planned in some 80 volumes altogether. Proclus' commentary on Plato's Cratylus is the only ancient commentary on this work to have come down to us, and is illuminating in two special ways. First, it is actually the work of two Neoplatonists. The majority of the material is supplied by the Athenian-based Proclus (c. 411-485 ad), who is well known for his magisterial commentaries on Plato's Timaeus and Parmenides, as well as for a host of other works involving the study of Plato. This material we have consists of excerpts from Proclus' commentary edited by another figure who appears to be a Platonist working somewhat later in Alexandria. Consequently it contains insights into the philosophy of both of the principal late antique centres of Platonism, Athens and Alexandria.Secondly, the material is divided between the grittier issues of language-theory, on which it engages freely with other ancient philosophies, and theological discussion mostly involved with the etymologies of the names of Greek gods, in which Proclus is more concerned to relate his own brand of Platonism to the 'Orphic' and 'Chaldaean' theological systems, and also to Homer.Brian Duvick's extensive notes bring out all these facets of the ancient text."--Bloomsbury Publishing

Contents:

Preface

Introduction

Textual Emendations

TRANSLATION

Notes

Bibliography English-Greek

Glossary Greek-English Index

Index of Passages Cited

Subject

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [185]-191) and indexes

Electronic reproduction. London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2014. Available via World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreement

Other Format:

Original

ISBN:

9781472552112

OCLC:

922786661