Proclus

Commentary on Plato's 'Republic'

Dirk Baltzly (University of Tasmania), John F. Finamore (University of Iowa), Graeme Miles (University of Tasmania)

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Cambridge University Press
04 April 2024

Ancient history: to c 500 CE; Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500; Social & political philosophy; Political science & theory

Series: Proclus: Commentary on Plato's Republic

The commentary on Plato's Republic by Proclus (d. 485 CE), which takes the form of a series of essays, is the only sustained treatment of the dialogue to survive from antiquity. This three-volume edition presents the first complete English translation of Proclus' text, together with a general introduction that argues for the unity of Proclus' Commentary and orients the reader to the use which the Neoplatonists made of Plato's Republic in their educational program. Each volume is completed by a Greek word index and an English-Greek glossary that will help non-specialists to track the occurrence of key terms throughout the translated text. The second volume of the edition presents Proclus' essays on the tripartite soul and the virtues, female philosopher rulers, and the metaphysics and epistemology of the central books of the Republic. The longest of the essays in Volume II interprets the nature and significance of the 'marriage number' whose miscalculation leads to the degeneration of the ideal city-state.

Edited and translated by: Dirk Baltzly (University of Tasmania), John F. Finamore (University of Iowa), Graeme Miles (University of Tasmania)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
ISBN: 9781316608319
ISBN 10: 131660831X
Series: Proclus: Commentary on Plato's Republic
Pages: 434
Publication Date: 04 April 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Dirk Baltzly is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Tasmania. He has edited and translated three of the six volumes of Proclus' Commentary on Plato's Timaeus (Cambridge, 2007–13). John F. Finamore is the Roger A. Hornsby Professor of Classics at the University of Iowa. He has edited and translated (with John Dillon) Iamblichus' De Anima (2002), and has published many articles on the Platonic tradition. Graeme Miles is Senior Lecturer in Classics at the University of Tasmania. He is the author of Philostratus: Interpreters and Interpretation (2018).