Proclus` Commentary on Plato`s Timaeus

Tarrant, Harold

Proclus` Commentary on Plato`s Timaeus Vol. 6, Book 5: Proclus on the Gods of Generation and the Creation of Humans - New York Cambridge University Press 2017 - 282p

includes index and biblioraphy

Introduction to book 5............I The integrity and structure of Book 5..................1 The named sublunary gods.....7 The address of the father .......15 preparation of Individual Souls ...19 souls learn law and fate ...22 The sowing ..........25 The transfer of Creative responsibilities ...26 Bodily creation ..............26 The soul`s Problems when joined to body .....27 The remaining topic : Life in the body ........27 Works cited....32 On the timaeus of Plato: Book5, Proclus on the gods of Generation and the creation of Humans .35 Analytical table of Contents ....37 Translation ........42

9781107032644 6159

N58 / T176

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