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portada On Plato's Timaeus (Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library)
Type
Physical Book
Publisher
Author
Year
2016
Language
English
Pages
800
Format
Hardcover
ISBN13
9780674599178
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On Plato's Timaeus (Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library)

Calcidius (Author) · Harvard University Press · Hardcover

On Plato's Timaeus (Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library) - Calcidius

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Synopsis "On Plato's Timaeus (Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library)"

Until the Renaissance, the work of Calcidius offered the medieval West almost the only direct access to Plato’s corpus not dispersed in fragments. In the 4th century CE, Calcidius translated into Latin an important section of Plato’s Timaeus, complemented by extensive commentary and organized into coordinated parts. The first part is broadly devoted to the architecture of the world, to its intelligible structure. The second delves into the nature of the living creatures that inhabit it. This basic division subsequently informed the sense of macrocosm and microcosm―of the world and our place in it―which is prevalent in western European thought in the Middle Ages. At the same time, this medieval volume altered perspectives on Plato by drawing on other philosophical traditions, particularly the Stoic and Peripatetic, while including Judeo-Christian cosmology and anthropology. The present edition provides the first English translation of Calcidius’s work.

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Carlos Soto ContrerasMonday, September 07, 2020

Una edición brillante con un gran aparato crítico. Si bien la traducción es algo tosca en algunos pasajes, sin duda alguna es una de las mejores que pueden existir; como plus, incluye la traducción latina del propio Calcidio.

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