Proclus

Commentary on Plato's 'Republic'
Erscheinungsjahr 2022
ISBN: 978-1-107-15471-1
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 434 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 233 mm, Gewicht: 794 g

Reihe: Proclus: Commentary on Plato's Republic

The commentary on Plato's Republic by Proclus (d. 485 CE), which takes the form of a series of essays, is the only sustained treatment of the dialogue to survive from antiquity. This three-volume edition presents the first complete English translation of Proclus' text, together with a general introduction that argues for the unity of Proclus' Commentary and orients the reader to the use which the Neoplatonists made of Plato's Republic in their educational program. Each volume is completed by a Greek word index and an English-Greek glossary that will help non-specialists to track the occurrence of key terms throughout the translated text. The second volume of the edition presents Proclus' essays on the tripartite soul and the virtues, female philosopher rulers, and the metaphysics and epistemology of the central books of the Republic. The longest of the essays in Volume II interprets the nature and significance of the 'marriage number' whose miscalculation leads to the degeneration of the ideal city-state.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Baltzly, Dirk

Finamore, John F.

Miles, Graeme

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

General Introduction; 1. Introduction to essay 7; 2. Essay 7; 3. Introduction to essays 8 and 9; 4. Essay 8; 5. Essay 9; 6. Introduction to essay 10; 7. Essay 10; 8. Introduction to essay 11; 9. Essay 11; 10. Introduction to essay 12; 11. Essay 12; 12. Introduction to essay 13; 13. Essay 13; 14. Introduction to essays 14 and 15; 15. Essay 14; 16. Essay 15; References; English-Greek Glossary; Greek Word Index; General Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Baltzly, Dirk
Dirk Baltzly is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Tasmania. He has edited and translated three of the six volumes of Proclus' Commentary on Plato's Timaeus (Cambridge, 2007–13).

Finamore, John F.
John F. Finamore is the Roger A. Hornsby Professor of Classics at the University of Iowa. He has edited and translated (with John Dillon) Iamblichus' De Anima (2002), and has published many articles on the Platonic tradition.

Miles, Graeme
Graeme Miles is Senior Lecturer in Classics at the University of Tasmania. He is the author of Philostratus: Interpreters and Interpretation (2018).