Proclus: Commentary on Plato's Timaeus: Volume 4, Book 3, Part 2, Proclus on the World Soul

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Ancient, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science
Cover of the book Proclus: Commentary on Plato's Timaeus: Volume 4, Book 3, Part 2, Proclus on the World Soul by Proclus, Dirk Baltzly, Cambridge University Press
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Proclus, Dirk Baltzly ISBN: 9780511849701
Publisher: Cambridge University Press Publication: December 3, 2009
Imprint: Cambridge University Press Language: English
Author: Proclus, Dirk Baltzly
ISBN: 9780511849701
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication: December 3, 2009
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Language: English

In the present volume Proclus describes the 'creation' of the soul that animates the entire universe. This is not a literal creation, for Proclus argues that Plato means only to convey the eternal dependence of the World Soul upon higher causes. In his exegesis of Plato's text, Proclus addresses a range of issues in Pythagorean harmonic theory, as well as questions about the way in which the World Soul knows both forms and the visible reality that comprises its body. This part of Proclus' Commentary is particularly responsive to the interpretive tradition that precedes it. As a result, this volume is especially significant for the study of the Platonic tradition from the earliest commentators onwards.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

In the present volume Proclus describes the 'creation' of the soul that animates the entire universe. This is not a literal creation, for Proclus argues that Plato means only to convey the eternal dependence of the World Soul upon higher causes. In his exegesis of Plato's text, Proclus addresses a range of issues in Pythagorean harmonic theory, as well as questions about the way in which the World Soul knows both forms and the visible reality that comprises its body. This part of Proclus' Commentary is particularly responsive to the interpretive tradition that precedes it. As a result, this volume is especially significant for the study of the Platonic tradition from the earliest commentators onwards.

More books from Cambridge University Press

Cover of the book The Cambridge Handbook of Applied Psychological Ethics by Proclus, Dirk Baltzly
Cover of the book The Social Archaeology of Food by Proclus, Dirk Baltzly
Cover of the book Apocalypse and Anti-Catholicism in Seventeenth-Century English Drama by Proclus, Dirk Baltzly
Cover of the book The Cambridge Companion to Descartes’ Meditations by Proclus, Dirk Baltzly
Cover of the book Before Dred Scott by Proclus, Dirk Baltzly
Cover of the book Religious Refugees in the Early Modern World by Proclus, Dirk Baltzly
Cover of the book The Business of Waste by Proclus, Dirk Baltzly
Cover of the book Ancient Glass by Proclus, Dirk Baltzly
Cover of the book Imagined Sovereignties by Proclus, Dirk Baltzly
Cover of the book The First Knowledge Economy by Proclus, Dirk Baltzly
Cover of the book Early Christian Monastic Literature and the Babylonian Talmud by Proclus, Dirk Baltzly
Cover of the book Congress and the Politics of Problem Solving by Proclus, Dirk Baltzly
Cover of the book Solved Problems in Geophysics by Proclus, Dirk Baltzly
Cover of the book Thyroid Fine Needle Aspiration by Proclus, Dirk Baltzly
Cover of the book Assembling Early Christianity by Proclus, Dirk Baltzly
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy