Commentary on Plato's Timaeus. Volume III, Book 3. Part 1, Procul on the world's body / translated with an introduction and notes by Dirk Baltzly.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Proclus, approximately 410-485, author.

Contributor:

Baltzly, Dirk, translator.

Series:

Proclus: Commentary on Plato's Timaeus

Standardized Title:

On the Timaeus. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Plato. Timaeus.

Plato.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 205 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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. This edition offered the first new English translation of the work for nearly two centuries, building on significant 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 third in the edition, offers a substantial introduction and notes designed to help readers unfamiliar with this author. It presents Proclus' version of Plato's account of the elements and the mathematical proportions which bind together the body of the world.

Contents:

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Note on the translation; Introduction to Book 3; On the Timaeus of Plato: Book 3, Part 1; References; English-Greek glossary; Greek word index; General index

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 30 Jun 2022).

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

0-511-48245-0

1-316-08624-0

1-281-04022-3

9786611040222

1-139-13106-0

0-511-33457-5

0-511-33391-9

0-511-33323-4

0-511-33515-6

OCLC:

437186764