Proclus' commentary on Plato's Parmenides / translated by Glenn R. Morrow and John M. Dillon ; with introduction and notes by John M. Dillon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Proclus, approximately 410-485, author.

Contributor:

Morrow, Glenn R. (Glenn Raymond), 1895-1973, translator.

Dillon, John M., translator.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Reasoning--Early works to 1800.

Reasoning.

Plato. Parmenides.

Plato.

Socrates.

Zeno, of Elea.

Zeno.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (666 pages)

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1987]

Summary:

This is the first English translation of Proclus' commentary on Plato'sParmenides. Glenn Morrow's death occurred while he was less than halfway through the translation, which was completed by John Dillon. A major work of the great Neoplatonist philosopher, the commentary is an intellectual tour de force that greatly influenced later medieval and Renaissance thought. As the notes and introductory summaries explain, it comprises a full account of Proclus' own metaphysical system, disguised, as is so much Neoplatonic philosophy, in the form of a commentary.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

PREFACE

GENERAL INTRODUCTION

A. Life and Works, with a Brief Introduction to Proclus' Philosophical System

B. Previous Commentary on the Parmenides

C. The Place of the Parmenides Commentary in Proclus' Work

D. The Problem of the Forty Logoi of Zeno

E. Previous Editions and Translations

NOTE ON THE PRESENT TRANSLATION

Book I. Introduction

Commentary

Book II. Introduction

Book III. Introduction

Book IV. Introduction

Book V. Introduction

Book VI. Introduction

Book VII. Introduction

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX OF PROPER NAMES

SUBJECT INDEX

INDEX OF PLATONIC PASSAGES

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 605-607) and indexes.

ISBN:

9780691073057

0691073058

9780691180403

0691180407

OCLC:

1264472920