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Procli in Platonis Parmenidem Commentaria III
. Ed(S): Steel, Professor Carlos; Campe, Leen Van
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A new critical edition (the first since 1864) of Proclus' Commentary on Plato's Parmenides. Proclus' work is the most important document on the interpretation of this enigmatic dialogue, and has had a crucial influence on all subsequent readings. This volume, the third of three, contains Books VI and VII and complete indexes. Editor(s): Steel, Professor Carlos; Campe, Leen Van. Series: Oxford Classical Texts. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; HPCA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 136 x 193 x 34. Weight in Grams: 542.
The Commentary on Plato's Parmenides by Proclus (AD 412-85) is the most important extant document on the interpretation of this enigmatic dialogue, and has had a crucial influence on all subsequent readings. In Proclus' Commentary, the Parmenides provides the argumentative and conceptual framework for a scientific theology wherein all mythological discourse about the gods can be integrated. Its exposition was therefore the culmination of the curriculum of the Platonic school. This theological reading of the Parmenides persisted, through the medium of Ficino, until the nineteenth century. Previously this important text was only accessible in the edition of V. Cousin (Paris, ... Read more
The Commentary on Plato's Parmenides by Proclus (AD 412-85) is the most important extant document on the interpretation of this enigmatic dialogue, and has had a crucial influence on all subsequent readings. In Proclus' Commentary, the Parmenides provides the argumentative and conceptual framework for a scientific theology wherein all mythological discourse about the gods can be integrated. Its exposition was therefore the culmination of the curriculum of the Platonic school. This theological reading of the Parmenides persisted, through the medium of Ficino, until the nineteenth century. Previously this important text was only accessible in the edition of V. Cousin (Paris, ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
Series
Oxford Classical Texts
Number of Pages
480
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199291823
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V9780199291823
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About . Ed(S): Steel, Professor Carlos; Campe, Leen Van
Carlos Steel is Professor of Ancient Philosophy at the University of Leuven. Leen Van Campe is a Post-Doctoral student at the Institute of Philosophy, University of Leuven.
Reviews for Procli in Platonis Parmenidem Commentaria III
This Oxford Classical Text is the third and final volume of Carlos Steel's landmark project, the modern scholarly edition of Proclus' Commentary on the Parmenides, one of the most important philosophical works of Platonism... The edition is, of course, beautifully printed and bound by Oxford
Sarah Klitenic Wear, Bryn Mawr Classical Review
we now have an excellent modern ... Read more
Sarah Klitenic Wear, Bryn Mawr Classical Review
we now have an excellent modern ... Read more