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Proclus: Commentary on Plato's Timaeus: Volume 6, Book 5: Proclus on the Gods of Generation and the Creation of Humans

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Proclus: Commentary on Plato's Timaeus: Volume 6, Book 5: Proclus on the Gods of Generation and the Creation of Humans
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Proclus
Edited by Harold Tarrant
SeriesProclus: Commentary on Plato's Timaeus
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:296
Dimensions(mm): Height 230,Width 150
Category/GenreWestern philosophy - Ancient to c 500
ISBN/Barcode 9781108730204
ClassificationsDewey:184
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises; 4 Tables, black and white

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 24 January 2019
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Proclus' commentary on the dialogue Timaeus by Plato (d.347 BC), written in the fifth century AD, 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 nevertheless offers the first new translation of the work for nearly two centuries, building on significant recent advances in scholarship by Neoplatonic commentators. It will provide 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 book presents Proclus' unrepentant account of a multitude of divinities involved with the creation of mortal life, the supreme creator's delegation to them of the creation of human life, and the manner in which they took the immortal life principle from him and wove it together with our mortal parts to produce human beings.

Author Biography

Harold Tarrant is Professor Emeritus of Classics at the University of Newcastle, New South Wales. His recent publications include The Platonic Alcibiades I: The Dialogue and its Ancient Reception (Cambridge, 2015) and The Neoplatonic Socrates (2014).