Procli In Platonis Parmenidem Commentaria II

Erscheinungsjahr 2008
ISBN: 978-0-19-929171-7
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 352 Seiten, Format (B × H): 130 mm x 193 mm, Gewicht: 419 g

Reihe: Oxford Classical Texts

The Commentary on Plato's Parmenides by Proclus (AD 412-85) is the most important extant document on the interpretation of this enigmatic dialogue, and has had a crucial influence on all subsequent readings. In Proclus' Commentary, the Parmenides provides the argumentative and conceptual framework for a scientific theology wherein all mythological discourse about the gods can be integrated. Its exposition was therefore the culmination of the
curriculum of the Platonic school. This theological reading of the Parmenides persisted, through the medium of Ficino, until the nineteenth century. Previously this important text was only accessible in the edition of V. Cousin (Paris, 1864). This new critical edition is based on an exhaustive study of both the Greek
tradition and the medieval Latin translation. This volume contains Books IV and V.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Steel, Carlos

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Antike Philosophie

Über Autor(innen)

Carlos Steel is Professor of Ancient Philosophy at the University of Leuven.