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Commentary on Plato's Timaeus. Volume 5. Book 4, Proclus on time and the stars /

This volume provides a clear, rigorous translation of one of the most important works of Platonic philosophy from late antiquity.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Proclus, approximately 410-485
Otros Autores: Baltzly, Dirk (Traductor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
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Publicado: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Cover; Half title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Note on the translation; Introduction to Book 4; The Structure of book 4; The eighth gift of time: Eternity and the higher time; The ninth gift: visible time and the planets; Platonic exegesis and contemporary astronomy; Physical astronomy and philosophical hyperastronomy; Proclus and Ptolemy on the planetary order; The precession of equinoxes; The greatest gift of all: the four kinds of living creature; Conclusion; Works cited; On the Timaeus of Plato: Book 4, Proclus on Time and the Stars 
505 8 |a Analytical table of contentsTranslation; I. The eighth gift of the Demiurge: time; A. The transition to eternity: Tim. 37c6-d2; 1. General discussion; 2. Lexis; B. The relation of Eternity to Time: Tim. 37d3-7; 1. The common conception of Eternity; 2. Aristotles account of Time and Eternity; 3. The Platonists' account of time; a. Eternity and the Living Being Itself; b. Eternity is not among the five genera; c. Proclus' account of Eternity; 4. Lexis; C. The nature of Time; 1. Mistaken views about time; a. Time is neither a concept nor an incidental cause 
505 8 |a B. Time is not a consequence of souls thinking2. Proclus' account of what time is; 3. Appendix: specific criticism of "the physicists"; 4. Earlier Platonists on the sense in which time is 'an image of Eternity'; D. The parts and forms of time, Tim. 37e1-4; 1. What are days, nights, etc.?; 2. What are the tenses?; 3. Problem: why do the heavenly gods need time?; 4. The harmony of Plato and the Theurgists; E. The proper limits of tensed language; 1. Explication of Tim. 37e4-38a1; a. General observations; b. The source of our confusion about tensed language; 2. Explication of Tim. 38a1-9 
505 8 |a 3. Explication of Tim. 38a9-b5F. The relation between time and the heavens; a. Lexis for Tim. 38b6-c2; G. Summary of the teaching on time; II. The ninth gift of the Demiurge: the stars; A. Explication of Tim. 38c3-6; 1. Visible and invisible time; 2. The contributions of the planets toward visible time; 3. The procession of time; a. Two puzzles about the order of procession resolved; B. Explication of Tim. 38c5-d1; C. The planets and their movements; 1. The order of the planets; a. The Platonic ordering; 233 The astrological ordering of the planets233 
505 8 |a 2. The equal speeds of the Sun, Mercury and Venusa. The mathematicans; b. Porphyry and Theodore of Asine; c. Iamblichus; 3. Mars, Jupiter and Saturn; D. The influence of the planets; E. The lives of the planets; F. The motions of the planets; 1. General remarks; 2. The relative speeds of the planets; 3. The spiral motion of the planets; 4. The primary role of the Sun, Tim. 39b2-c1; a. General interpretation; b. Lexis for Tim. 39b2-c1; 5. Night and day; a. General interpretation; b. Lexis for Tim. 39c1-d2; 6. The Platonic Great Year; 7. Conclusion of the discussion of time 
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