Calcidius on Plato's Timaeus: Greek Philosophy, Latin Reception, and Christian Contexts

ISBN-13: 9781108420563 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 232 str.

Gretchen Reydams-Schils

Opis

The first study to assess in its entirety the fourth-century Latin commentary on Plato's Timaeus by the otherwise unknown Calcidius, as well as features of his Latin translation. The text represents a distinctive cultural encounter between the Greek and the Roman philosophical traditions, and between non-Christian and Christian currents of thought.

Recenzje

'Reydams-Schils' analysis is brilliantly structured and thoroughly compelling, and demonstrates the remarkable originality and subtlety of Calcidius' commentary.' John Magee, Professor of Ancient and Medieval Philosophy, University of Toronto

Spis treści

Introduction; Part I: 1. An authorial voice; 2. How to read Plato's Timaeus; 3. The coherence of the commentary; Part II: 4: Time and the universe; 5. On soul and souls (1): the world soul; 6. On soul and souls (2): the human soul and its relation to the world soul; 7. God and gods; 8. Providence and fate; 9. Matter and evil; 10. Matter, being, and form; Part III: 11. Calcidius and Aristotle; 12. Calcidius and the Stoics; 13: Source and sources (1): Numenius; 14. Source and sources (2): Porphyry; 15: Calcidius Christianus? (1): an authorial voice revisited; 16. Calcidius Christianus? (2): God, matter, and creation; Conclusion: who is Calcidius?