Plato's Timaeus and the Latin Tradition
Part of Cambridge Classical Studies
- Author: Christina Hoenig, University of Pittsburgh
- Date Published: April 2023
- availability: Available
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781108402392
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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 authors created new contexts and settings for the intellectual heritage they received and thereby contributed to the construction of the complex and multifaceted genre of Roman Platonism. It takes advantage of the authors' treatment of Plato's Timaeus as a continuous point of reference to illustrate the individuality and originality of each writer in his engagement with this Greek philosophical text; each chooses a specific vocabulary, methodology, and literary setting for his appropriation of Timaean doctrine. The authors' contributions to the dialogue's history of transmission are shown to have enriched and prolonged the enduring significance of Plato's cosmology.
Read more- Makes an original and important contribution to the increasingly popular field of Roman philosophy
- Uses one philosophical text, Plato's Timaeus, as a continuous point of reference for the various interpretations by Roman authors
- Focuses on the Roman authors as contributors to the genre of Roman philosophy in their own right rather than viewing their contributions as unoriginal footnotes to the ancient Greek philosophical tradition
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'… this work is well written, well structured, and very clear. It contributes a great deal on history of infulence of platonism among Latin philosophers.' Luc Brisson, History of Science
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- Date Published: April 2023
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781108402392
- length: 349 pages
- dimensions: 216 x 140 x 19 mm
- weight: 0.434kg
- contains: 37 tables
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
1. The setting. Plato's Timaeus
2. Cicero
3. Apuleius
4. Calcidius
5. Augustine
Epilogue.
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