Proclus: Commentary on Plato's Timaeus, Part 2, Proclus on the World Soul (Hardcover)

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.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Proclus: Commentary on Plato's Timaeus
Release date:	December 2009
First published:	2009
Authors:	Proclus
Editors:	Dirk Baltzly
Dimensions:	234 x 160 x 30mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	446
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-84596-0
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Ancient Western philosophy to c 500 > General Books > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Ancient Western philosophy to c 500 > General
LSN:	0-521-84596-3
Barcode:	9780521845960

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