On Plato's Timaeus

Erscheinungsjahr 2016
ISBN: 978-0-674-59917-8
Verlag: Harvard University Press

Buch, Englisch, Band 41, 800 Seiten, Format (B × H): 139 mm x 211 mm, Gewicht: 892 g

Reihe: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library

Until the Renaissance, the work of Calcidius offered the medieval West almost the only direct access to Plato’s corpus not dispersed in fragments. In the 4th century CE, Calcidius translated into Latin an important section of Plato’s Timaeus, complemented by extensive commentary and organized into coordinated parts. The first part is broadly devoted to the architecture of the world, to its intelligible structure. The second delves into the nature of the living creatures that inhabit it. This basic division subsequently informed the sense of macrocosm and microcosm—of the world and our place in it—which is prevalent in western European thought in the Middle Ages. At the same time, this medieval volume altered perspectives on Plato by drawing on other philosophical traditions, particularly the Stoic and Peripatetic, while including Judeo-Christian cosmology and anthropology. The present edition provides the first English translation of Calcidius’s work.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Calcidius

Magee, John

Weitere Mitwirkende

Magee, John

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Europäische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Mittelalterliche, neuzeitliche Archäologie (Europa)

Über Autor(innen)

Magee, John
John Magee is Professor of Classics and Medieval Studies at the University of Toronto.