Proclus: Commentary on Plato's Timaeus: Volume 2, Book 2: Proclus on the Causes of the Cosmos and its Creation

This is the second volume in a new translation of Proclus' commentary on Plato's Timaeus.

Proclus (Author), David T. Runia (Edited and translated by), Michael Share (Edited and translated by)

9781316637531, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 2 November 2017

422 pages
23 x 15.3 x 2.3 cm, 0.62 kg

This volume of Proclus' commentary on Plato's Timaeus records Proclus' exegesis of Timaeus 27a–31b, in which Plato first discusses preliminary matters that precede his account of the creation of the universe, and then moves to the account of the creation of the universe as a totality. For Proclus this text is a grand opportunity to reflect on the nature of causation as it relates to the physical reality of our cosmos. The commentary deals with many subjects that have been of central interest to philosophers from Plato's time onwards, such as the question whether the cosmos was created in time, and the nature of evil as it relates to physical reality and its ontological imperfection.

Notes on the translation
Introduction to Book II
Structure of the commentary
Method of the commentary
The sources for Proclus' commentary
Main themes of the commentary
On the Timaeus of Plato: Book II
Analytical table of contents
On the proemium (27c-29d), translated by David T. Runia
On the creation of the cosmos (29e-31b) by Michael Share
References
English-Greek glossary
Greek word index
General index.

Subject Areas: Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500 [HPCA], Classical history / classical civilisation [HBLA1], Literary studies: classical, early & medieval [DSBB]