Proclus: Commentary on Plato's Timaeus, Part 2, Proclus on the World Soul

Author:   Proclus ,  Dirk Baltzly (Monash University, Victoria)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
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9781108712408


Pages:   444
Publication Date:   16 May 2019
Format:   Paperback
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Proclus: Commentary on Plato's Timaeus, Part 2, Proclus on the World Soul


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In the present volume Proclus describes the 'creation' of the soul that animates the entire universe. This is not a literal creation, for Proclus argues that Plato means only to convey the eternal dependence of the World Soul upon higher causes. In his exegesis of Plato's text, Proclus addresses a range of issues in Pythagorean harmonic theory, as well as questions about the way in which the World Soul knows both forms and the visible reality that comprises its body. This part of Proclus' Commentary is particularly responsive to the interpretive tradition that precedes it. As a result, this volume is especially significant for the study of the Platonic tradition from the earliest commentators onwards.

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Author:   Proclus ,  Dirk Baltzly (Monash University, Victoria)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.10cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.560kg
ISBN:  

9781108712408


ISBN 10:   1108712401
Pages:   444
Publication Date:   16 May 2019
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Language:   English

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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.

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