Commentary on Plato's Timaeus (1400-1500) - Page 4

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The Five Books of Proclus Diadochus on Plato's Timaeus
original Latin: "Procli Diadochi In Timaeum Platonis libri V"
Beginning: That all, O dear Timaeus, who approach any of the parts? of philosophy...
original Greek: "Ὅτι μὲν ὦ φίλε Τίμαιε πάντες οἱ πρός τινα τῆς φιλοσοφίας"
By the same Proclus, an elementary treatise? original Greek: "στοιχείωσις" (stoicheiosis) regarding motion? original Greek: "κινήσεως" (kineseos), concerning their substance, form, position, and movement. folio 542.
Beginning: The first, perhaps...
original Greek: "ἡ πρώτη ἴσωσ"
By the same author, on the sublunary gods. folio 573.
original Latin: "Idem de diis sublunantibus"
Beginning: The discourse concerning? the gods is not?...
original Greek: "Ὁ περὶ τῶν θεῶν λόγοσ οὐκ ἔστιν"
Ending: ...throughout life?
original Greek: "... διὰ τὸν βίον"

A recent? paper manuscript, but elegantly written by hand. folio.
original Latin: "Cod. chart. recens sed eleganter manu scriptus"

† Of Proclus Diadochus, on the Timaeus of Plato.

original Greek: "πρόκλου διαδόχου εἰς τὸν Τίμαιον πλάτωνος"

Five Books.

original Greek: "βιβλία ε̅"

A paper manuscript in folio, in which are contained the five books of the Commentaries of Proclus on Plato’s Timaeus.

original Latin: "Codex chart. in fo. scriptus quo continentur Commentarii Procli in Timaeum Platonis libri quinque"

1841. The Five Books of the Commentaries of Proclus Diadochus on Plato’s Timaeus. 16th century. [Copied by Jean d'Otrante.] Paper. 615 pages. (Fontainebleau - Register 2190.) M.

1841.

Proclus Diadochus A 5th-century Neoplatonist philosopher known as the "Successor" (Diadochus) to the head of Plato’s Academy; he was one of the last great pagan philosophers of antiquity., Timaeus A famous dialogue by Plato that explores the nature of the physical world, the soul, and the creation of the universe., Plato The ancient Greek philosopher whose school (The Academy) Proclus later led., Codex A manuscript in book form rather than a scroll., Jean d'Otrante A prominent 16th-century scribe of Greek heritage who worked in Italy and France, producing high-quality copies for the royal library at Fontainebleau., Commentaries Scholarly interpretations of a primary text; Proclus’ commentary on the Timaeus is considered one of the most significant works of late antique philosophy., Elementary Treatise Translated from the Greek "stoicheiosis," referring to a work that lays out the fundamental principles or "elements" of a subject., Motion Translated from the Greek "kinesis," referring here to the physical and metaphysical study of how objects and souls move.