Proclus: Commentary on Timaeus, Book 1 Procli Diadochi - In Platonis Timaeum Commentaria Librum Primum

Zusatztext Proclus' voluminous Commentary on the Timaeus has been called with some justification "arguably the most important text of ancient Neoplatonism."...The merits of this edition will no doubt become more evident when colleagues will start to use it as the basis for their own research into the Platonic tradition. Informationen zum Autor Professor Gerd Van Riel, Dean of the Institute of Philosophy at KU Leuven (Belgium), studied Classics and Philosophy, gaining his PhD from KU Leuven in 1997. He now teaches ancient philosophy and metaphysics, as well as introductory courses to philosophy. His research focuses on Plato and the Platonic tradition. Van Riel was a research fellow at CNRS Paris, at Melbourne University, and he was the 2017 Thomas F. Martin Saint Augustine Fellow at Villanova University(PA, USA). He was Chair holder of a Francqui research professorship from 2015 until 2018. He is a member of the Royal Belgian Academy for Sciences and the Arts. Klappentext A new five volume critical text edition of the only surviving ancient commentary on Plato's Timaeus, in which Proclus encompasses seven centuries of philosophical reflection on Plato's cosmology. Each volume is preceded by a substantial introduction. Zusammenfassung A new five volume critical text edition of the only surviving ancient commentary on Plato's Timaeus, in which Proclus encompasses seven centuries of philosophical reflection on Plato's cosmology. Each volume is preceded by a substantial introduction. Inhaltsverzeichnis Book I General Introduction

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• Authors: Van Riel, Gerd Van Riel, Gerd (Professor of Ancient Philosophy an Van Riel
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2022
• EAN: 9780192856036
• ISBN: 978-0-19-285603-6
• No. of pages: 496
• Series: Oxford Classical Texts
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; Ancient Greece, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, Classical texts, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation, Ancient (Classical) Greek, Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500, Ancient, classical and medieval texts