Commentary on Plato's Timaeus

Regarding the remaining [time] for the men to dwell [in the body], what he calls "law" he says that something of the whole for us, it had such a thing, how [can it] not be the same of those who have descended he says? Or we touched upon it slightly original: "pareknisamen"; literally to graze or nip, meaning to mention a topic briefly., concerning? beings rightly [moving] from? an inflammatory cause, having departed entirely? of the of the gods in? the two? there the knowing of irrational and? unorganized things of those into the souls of us? of those full? and? by ordered worlds? to be surrounded, the harm? into? the in them. And? not even with? those being [there], which? is divided? the in foreign natures?. The recollection? of those encountering? and? which? as if provided? having become? something?.

Regarding what we touched upon slightly, it is similar to what previously? we were saying of those? in? [the] world?. But recollection original: "anamnēsis"; the Platonic doctrine that the soul possesses innate knowledge of divine truths from before its birth, which it must "remember." of the of the god is a certain resurrection that occurred?, while? but recollection-of-others original: "apomnēsis"; likely referring here to a memory of mundane or external things rather than divine truths. of beings to one another the? procession harms? one’s life?. And that which?, he said? for if again? of the gods remembering? them and? to think?. Thus, if? [the soul] not had? the? of beings there participation?.

Just as therefore? just as that regarding? the natural philosophy original: "physiologia"; for Proclus, this is the study of the physical world as a manifestation of divine intellect. lies before us? previously? in the? becoming [things], but? the subject? lying before? us? concerning? the? eternally? beings? [provides an] analogy? if? also prioritized? concerning? theology original: "theologia"; the highest science, dealing with the gods and the First Principle.. And for? it is necessary? for the one? to us welcomed? in? the concerning? the theology discourses?, into? the? first? the all of them alone? is. And in each way? also? in the of the places? it is a necessity? to demonstrate?, which? all in? the world? at once? and? properly? with? itself? setting. Regarding? the? flowing away?, and? the? [way it] should go up? with? [the] text? upon everything of Plato? and? beauty? of each thing, just as such as this to rule:

» One. Two. Three. But where indeed is the fourth of us, O dear Timaeus, the of yesterday’s guests? But now to us [it is the turn] of the hosts. This is the opening line of Plato's Timaeus (17a). Socrates begins by counting the friends who have gathered to hear the discourse, noting that one is missing.

[The text] is absent grace? and? the measures of the names but observing. But the procession original: "proodos"; a technical term for the way reality or souls emanate from a higher source into a lower state of being. occurring toward us. Concerning which the companion of Xenophon Proclus likely refers here to a specific student or associate within the Platonic tradition. says, if he practices with Plato: concerning himself, but regarding [the] other and not a foreign [thing] into the bodies, of this the entering [thing] seems. He said. Who was needed?

Plato: The philosopher whose dialogue Timaeus serves as the foundation for Neoplatonic physics and cosmology.
Timaeus: The main speaker of the dialogue, a philosopher and astronomer from Locri.
Natural philosophy: (Physiologia) The study of the nature and laws of the physical world.
Theology: (Theologia) The study of the divine principles and the gods that exist above the physical world.
Recollection: (Anamnēsis) The soul's recovery of divine knowledge lost during its descent into the body.
Guests / Hosts: (Daitymonōn / Estiatorōn) Terms used by Plato to describe the participants in the philosophical banquet.