Commentary on Plato's Timaeus. Volume IV, Book 3. Part 2, Procul on the world soul / 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, 4

Proclus: Commentary on Plato's Timaeus, 4 ; v.No. 4

Standardized Title:

On the Timaeus. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Plato. Timaeus.

Plato.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 428 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the present volume Proclus describes the 'creation' of the soul that animates the entire universe. This is not a literal creation, for Proclus argues that Plato means only to convey the eternal dependence of the World Soul upon higher causes. In his exegesis of Plato's text, Proclus addresses a range of issues in Pythagorean harmonic theory, as well as questions about the way in which the World Soul knows both forms and the visible reality that comprises its body. This part of Proclus' Commentary is particularly responsive to the interpretive tradition that precedes it. As a result, this volume is especially significant for the study of the Platonic tradition from the earliest commentators onwards.

Contents:

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Diagrams; Contents; Acknowledgements; Note on the translation; Introduction to Book 3, Part II*; On the Timaeus of Plato: Book 3, Part II Proclus on the World Soul; 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 index.

ISBN:

0-511-69181-5

1-316-08795-6

0-511-84970-2

1-282-63714-2

9786612637148

0-511-68980-2

0-511-69240-4

0-511-69128-9

0-511-69054-1

0-511-68906-3

OCLC:

642661125