Proclus: Commentary on Plato's Timaeus: Volume 5, Book 4
Cambridge University Press
Edition: New, 10/3/2013
EAN 9780521846585, ISBN10: 0521846587
Hardcover, 355 pages, 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm
Language: English
Originally published in Ancient_greek, translated by Dirk Baltzly
Proclus' commentary on Plato's dialogue Timaeus is arguably the most important commentary on a text of Plato, offering unparalleled insights into eight centuries of Platonic interpretation. It has had an enormous influence on subsequent Plato scholarship. This edition offers the first new English translation of the work for nearly two centuries, building on significant recent advances in scholarship on Neoplatonic commentators. It provides an invaluable record of early interpretations of Plato's dialogue, while also presenting Proclus' own views on the meaning and significance of Platonic philosophy. The present volume, the fifth in the edition, presents Proclus' commentary on the Timaeus, dealing with Proclus' account of static and flowing time; we see Proclus situating Plato's account of the motions of the stars and planets in relation to the astronomical theories of his day. The volume includes a substantial introduction, as well as notes that will shed new light on the text.
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.