Proclus: Commentary on Plato's Timaeus - Softcover

Proclus

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1108712401 ISBN 13: 9781108712408

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 2019

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In this volume of Proclus' Commentary on Plato's Timaeus, Proclus describes the 'creation' of the soul that animates the entire universe, and addresses a range of issues in Pythagorean harmonic theory. The volume includes a substantial introduction and helpful notes.

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Reseña del editor:

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.

Biografía del autor:

Dirk Baltzly is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Tasmania. He was educated at Ohio State University and has worked previously at King's College London and Monash University, Victoria. He has published widely on ancient Greek philosophy, with particular emphasis on late antique Platonism. He is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Humanities.

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• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1108712401
• ISBN 13: 9781108712408
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 446