Calcidius on Plato's Timaeus : Greek philosophy, Latin reception, and Christian contexts

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Titel
Calcidius on Plato's Timaeus Greek philosophy, Latin reception, and Christian contexts
verantwortlich
Reydams-Schils, Gretchen J. (VerfasserIn); Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
Ausgabe
First paperback editon
veröffentlicht
Cambridge, New York, Port Melbourne, New Delhi, Singapore: Cambridge University Press, 2021
Erscheinungsjahr
2021
Medientyp
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Zusammenfassung
"Introduction Beyond the Calcidius Pass It would be difficult to overestimate the importance of Calcidius' work on Plato's Timaeus, which consists of a partial Latin translation and commentary.1 So many links in the extensive commentary tradition of the Timaeus are no longer extant. We have snippets from Crantor, a mere allusion (and a highly debated one at that) to a possible commentary by Posidonius,2 part of a translation by Cicero, allusions to Adrastus' commentary, a commentary by Theon of Smyrna that deals only with the mathematical issues, and a mere shadow of Porphyry's commentary, to name but some. Because of these lacunae Calcidius' work becomes all the more valuable. Moreover, Calcidius presents one of those very rare cases of a Latin philosophical commentary. As the knowledge of Greek started to wane at the end of Antiquity, Calcidius became one of the main channels through which Plato's legacy was transmitted to the Middle Ages.3 Indeed, his work is one of the four master-texts of that era, as É. Jeauneau points out (1975: 30), together with Boethius' On the Consolation of Philosophy, Macrobius' commentary on Cicero's Dream of Scipio, and Martianus Capella's On the Marriage of Philology and Mercury"--
Umfang
ix, 243 Seiten; 23 cm
Sprache
Englisch
Schlagworte
Commentarius in Platonis Timaeum
RVK-Notation
  • Philosophie
    • Geschichte der Philosophie
      • Geschichte der Philosophie des Abendlandes von Antike bis 20. Jahrhundert
        • Philosophie der griechischen Antike
          • Autoren
            • Plato
              • Abhandlungen, Studien
BK-Notation
08.21 Griechische Philosophie, römische Philosophie
11.51 Frühes Christentum
18.42 Klassische griechische Literatur
17.94 Literarische Einflüsse und Beziehungen, Rezeption
18.45 Klassische lateinische Literatur
DDC-Notation
113
ISBN
9781108430517