Proclus

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

Herausgeber: Baltzly, Dirk / Übersetzer: Baltzly, Dirk

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This volume provides a clear, rigorous translation of one of the most important works of Platonic philosophy from late antiquity.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 355
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. November 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 635g
• ISBN-13: 9780521846585
• ISBN-10: 0521846587
• Artikelnr.: 37069949

Inhaltsangabe

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.