This book focuses on the development of Platonic philosophy at the
hands of Roman writers between the first century BCE and the early
fifth century CE. It discusses the interpretation of Plato's
Timaeus by Cicero, Apuleius, Calcidius, and Augustine, and examines
how these authors created new contexts and settings for the
intellectual heritage they received and thereby contributed to the
construction of the complex and multifaceted genre of Roman
Platonism. It takes advantage of the authors' treatment of Plato's
Timaeus as a continuous point of reference to illustrate the
individuality and originality of each writer in his engagement with
this Greek philosophical text; each chooses a specific vocabulary,
methodology, and literary setting for his appropriation of Timaean
doctrine. The authors' contributions to the dialogue's history of
transmission are shown to have enriched and prolonged the enduring
significance of Plato's cosmology.
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