Proclus: Commentary on Plato''s Timaeus: Volume 5, Book 4

Informationen zum 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. Klappentext This volume provides a clear, rigorous translation of one of the most important works of Platonic philosophy from late antiquity. Zusammenfassung This volume is the fifth in the new English translation of arguably the most important ancient commentary on a text of Plato! and features Proclus' writing on time and the stars. It will be valuable for students and scholars of ancient philosophy! history of philosophy! classics and theology. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgement; Notes on the translation; Introduction; 1. The structure of Book IV; 2. The eighth gift of time: eternity and the higher time; 3. The ninth gift: visible time and the planets; 4. Platonic exegesis and contemporary astronomy; 5. The greatest gift of all: the four kinds of living creature; 6. Conclusion; Works cited; Commentary on Plato's Timaeus: Volume V, Book 4; Proclus on time and the stars; Analytical table of contents; Translation; English-Greek glossary; Greek word index; General index.

Product details

• Authors: Proclus
• Assisted by: Dirk Baltzly (Translation), Baltzly Dirk (Editor and translation)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.01.2016
• EAN: 9781316505250
• ISBN: 978-1-316-50525-0
• No. of pages: 360
• Series: Proclus: Commentary on Plato's; Proclus: Commentary on Plato's Timaeus
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; English, HISTORY / Ancient / General, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500