Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
Proclus' Commentary on Plato's dialogue Timaeus is arguably the most important commentary on a text of Plato, offering unparalleled insights into eight centuries of Platonic interpretation. This edition offers the first new English translation of the work for nearly two centuries, building on significant recent advances in scholarship on 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 present volume is the third in the edition.
Synopsis
This is the third volume in a new translation of Proclus' Commentary on Plato's Timaeus, drawing on significant recent advances in scholarship on Neoplatonic commentators. It offers an invaluable record of early interpretations of Plato's dialogue, while also presenting Proclus' own views on the meaning and significance of Platonic philosophy.
Synopsis
This 2007 text is the third volume in a new translation of Proclus' Commentary on Plato's Timaeus.
About the Author
Dirk Baltzly is Senior Lecturer in the School of Philosophy and Bioethics, Monash University.
Table of Contents
Introduction to Book III; Translation.