Proclus: Commentary on Plato's 'Republic'

The second volume of the first complete translation of Proclus' commentary on Plato's Republic.

Dirk Baltzly (Edited and translated by), John F. Finamore (Edited and translated by), Graeme Miles (Edited and translated by)

9781107154711, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 12 May 2022

434 pages
23.5 x 15.7 x 3.9 cm, 0.79 kg

The commentary on Plato's Republic by Proclus (d. 485 CE), which takes the form of a series of essays, is the only sustained treatment of the dialogue to survive from antiquity. This three-volume edition presents the first complete English translation of Proclus' text, together with a general introduction that argues for the unity of Proclus' Commentary and orients the reader to the use which the Neoplatonists made of Plato's Republic in their educational program. Each volume is completed by a Greek word index and an English-Greek glossary that will help non-specialists to track the occurrence of key terms throughout the translated text. The second volume of the edition presents Proclus' essays on the tripartite soul and the virtues, female philosopher rulers, and the metaphysics and epistemology of the central books of the Republic. The longest of the essays in Volume II interprets the nature and significance of the 'marriage number' whose miscalculation leads to the degeneration of the ideal city-state.

General Introduction
1. Introduction to essay 7
2. Essay 7
3. Introduction to essays 8 and 9
4. Essay 8
5. Essay 9
6. Introduction to essay 10
7. Essay 10
8. Introduction to essay 11
9. Essay 11
10. Introduction to essay 12
11. Essay 12
12. Introduction to essay 13
13. Essay 13
14. Introduction to essays 14 and 15
15. Essay 14
16. Essay 15
References
English-Greek Glossary
Greek Word Index
General Index.

Subject Areas: Political science & theory [JPA], Social & political philosophy [HPS], Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500 [HPCA], Ancient history: to c 500 CE [HBLA]