Proclus: Commentary on Plato's Timaeus: Volume 6, Book 5: Proclus on the Gods of Generation and the Creation of Humans

ISBN-13: 9781108730204 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 296 str.

Proclus; Harold Tarrant

Opis

Classics scholars will welcome this translation into English of a pivotal work of Platonic philosophy from late antiquity.

Spis treści

Introduction to Book 5; The integrity and structure of Book 5; The sources of Book 5; The names Sublunary Gods; The address of the Father; Preparation of individual souls; Souls learn law and fate; The sowing; The transfer of creative responsibilities; Bodily creation; The soul's problem when joined to body; The remaining topic: life in the body; Conclusion; Works cited; Analytical table of content; Translation.