Proclus' Commentary on Plato's Parmenides
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Proclus' Commentary on Plato's Parmenides
By (Author) Proclus
Translated by Glenn R. Morrow
Translated by John M. Dillon
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
2nd January 2018
United States
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Professional and Scholarly
Non Fiction
184
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Hardback
664
Width 152mm, Height 229mm
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This is the first English translation of Proclus' commentary on Plato's Parmenides. Glenn Morrow's death occurred while he was less than halfway through the translation, which was completed by John Dillon. A major work of the great Neoplatonist philosopher, the commentary is an intellectual tour de force that greatly influenced later medieval and
Reviews
"Plato's Parmenides was arguably the most important text in the curriculum of the Neo-Platonists, and is the key to understanding their philosophy. The influence of Proclus' commentary was immense. . . . Morrow and Dillon's translation will stand as a landmark in Neo-Platonic literature."---Lucas Siorvanes, Journal of Hellenic Studies
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Few now would turn to the commentary of Proclus, head of the Academy in the fifth century A,D. primarily in order to understand Plato. Nevertheless, the work is of great importance for the light it sheds on the interpretation of the dialogue
by Proclus and his predecessors.... [Scholars] have increasingly devoted attention to the way in which elaboration of the Neoplatonic metaphysical system went hand in hand with more and more complex interpretations of the hypotheses of Parmenides 137ff.
