Commentary on Plato's Timaeus . Volume IV, Book 3, Part II, Proclus on the world soul /

Commentary on Plato's Timaeus . Volume IV, Book 3, Part II, Proclus on the world soul /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Proclus, approximately 410-485.
Uniform title:	On the Timaeus. English
Imprint:	Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Description:	xv, 428 p.
Language:	English
Subject:	Plato. -- Timaeus. Timaeus (Plato) Philosophy, Ancient. Philosophy, Ancient.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8209596

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Varying Form of Title:	Proclus, commentary on Plato's Timaeus
Other authors / contributors:	Tarrant, Harold. Runia, David T. Share, Michael. Baltzly, Dirk.
ISBN:	9780521845960 0521845963
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2010. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Translated from the Greek.

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Summary:	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.
Physical Description:	xv, 428 p.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9780521845960 0521845963