This book examines Platos account in the Timaeus of a third kind and its cosmic members, a material principle and place.
This book focuses on the development of Platonic philosophy at the hands of Roman writers between the first century BCE and the early fifth century CE. It discusses the interpretation of Plato's Timaeus by Cicero, Apuleius, Calcidius, and Augustine, and examines how these author…
This book focuses on the development of Platonic philosophy at the hands of Roman writers between the first century BCE and the early fifth century CE. It discusses the interpretation of Plato's Timaeus by Cicero, Apuleius, Calcidius, and Augustine, and examines how these author…
Die antike christliche Kosmologie ist als Auslegung des biblischen Schöpfungsberichtes und gleichzeitig als Teil der antiken kosmologischen Debatte zu verstehen, die maßgeblich von der Diskussion um Platons Timaeus geprägt ist.<br />Charlotte Köckert arbeitet heraus, wie drei be…
"Proclus' commentary on Plato's "Timaeus" is perhaps the most important surviving Neoplatonic commentary. In it Proclus contemplates nature's mysterious origins and at the same time employs the deductive rigour required to address perennial philosophical questions. Nature, for h…
Proclus' commentary on Plato's ""Timaeus"" is perhaps the most important surviving Neoplatonic commentary. In it Proclus contemplates nature's mysterious origins and at the same time employs the deductive rigour required to address perennial philosophical questions. Nature, for …