The first study to assess in its entirety the fourth-century Latin commentary on Plato's Timaeus by the otherwise unknown Calcidius, as well as features of his Latin translation. The text represents a distinctive cultural encounter between the Greek and the Roman philosophical traditions, and between non-Christian and Christian currents of thought.
The first study to assess in its entirety the fourth-century Latin commentary on Plato's Timaeus by the otherwise unknown Calcidius, as well as features of his Latin translation. The text represents a distinctive cultural encounter between the Greek and the Roman philosophical traditions, and between non-Christian and Christian currents of thought.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Gretchen Reydams-Schils is a Professor within the Program of Liberal Studies and a Fellow of the Medieval Institute at the University of Notre Dame, Indiana. She holds concurrent appointments in Classics, Philosophy, and Theology. Her areas of specialization are the traditions of Platonism and Stoicism and she is the author of Demiurge and Providence: Stoic and Platonist Readings of Plato's Timaeus (1999) and The Roman Stoics: Self, Responsibility, and Affection (2005). She is also the editor of Plato's Timaeus as Cultural Icon (2003), Thinking Through Excerpts: Studies on Stobaeus (2011), and Pouvoir et puissances chez Philon d'Alexandrie (2016).
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction Part I: 1. An authorial voice 2. How to read Plato's Timaeus 3. The coherence of the commentary Part II: 4: Time and the universe 5. On soul and souls (1): the world soul 6. On soul and souls (2): the human soul and its relation to the world soul 7. God and gods 8. Providence and fate 9. Matter and evil 10. Matter, being, and form Part III: 11. Calcidius and Aristotle 12. Calcidius and the Stoics 13: Source and sources (1): Numenius 14. Source and sources (2): Porphyry 15: Calcidius Christianus? (1): an authorial voice revisited 16. Calcidius Christianus? (2): God, matter, and creation Conclusion: who is Calcidius?
Introduction Part I: 1. An authorial voice 2. How to read Plato's Timaeus 3. The coherence of the commentary Part II: 4: Time and the universe 5. On soul and souls (1): the world soul 6. On soul and souls (2): the human soul and its relation to the world soul 7. God and gods 8. Providence and fate 9. Matter and evil 10. Matter, being, and form Part III: 11. Calcidius and Aristotle 12. Calcidius and the Stoics 13: Source and sources (1): Numenius 14. Source and sources (2): Porphyry 15: Calcidius Christianus? (1): an authorial voice revisited 16. Calcidius Christianus? (2): God, matter, and creation Conclusion: who is Calcidius?
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