3/1/2023 0 Comments Octave uiuc![]() The book was printed at Basel by Joannes Valderum in March 1534. This volume contains the second Greek edition of the Platonic corpus, edited by Johannes Oporinus and Simon Grynaeus the text is based upon the Aldine edition of 1513. Platonis Omnia Opera Cum Commentariis Procli in Timaeum & Politica, thesauro veteris Philosophiae maximo. The pages displayed translate a passage from the beginning of the Timaeus in which Critias concludes Solon’s story and Timaeus begins his cosmological speech. These notes reference other commentators on the Timaeus, including Cicero, Proclus, and Calcidius. This process caused the truncation of certain marginal notes written prior to the rebinding. In order to bind the Timaeus with these other texts, the pages had to be cut down to a uniform size. These texts include the following works: Alcinous’ Philosophi ad Platonis Dogmata Introductio and Philosophi Platonici de Doctrina Platonis Liber, Speusippus’ Platonis Discipuli Liber de Platonis Definitionibus, Xenocrates’ Philosophi Platonici Liber de Morte, Marsilio Ficino’s translation of Plato’s Phaedo, Demetrius Phalereus’ De Elocutione Liber, and the Opuscula of Dionysius of Halicarnassus. The text was printed in Paris by Prigent Calvarin in 1536 (a reprint of the original 1527 edition) and later bound together with four other texts published between 15 by various printers. This volume contains Marsilio Ficino’s Latin translation of the Timaeus, edited by Francisco Zampino. ![]() Timaeus vel de Natura divini Platonis, Marsilio Ficino interprete: per Franciscum Zampinum recognita. The pages shown are from Calcidius’ commentary on the Timaeus, in particular from the section treating the motions of the stars.Ĭall number: 881 P5ti.Lc 1617, p. The volume was printed in Leiden by Justus à Colster in 1617. He also compiled the accompanying index of Platonic words and topics. The displayed copy of Calcidius’ text was edited by the Dutch scholar Johannes Meursius (1579-1639), who provided additional notes in Greek and Latin on the translation. Critics note that Calcidean concepts soon became intermingled with Platonic doctrines. Calcidius’ work was studied widely throughout the Middle Ages and kindled a long tradition of glosses on the Timaeus. The medieval reception of Plato relied heavily upon Calcidius’ translation and commentary, which employed material from Middle and Neoplatonic sources to interpret the Timaeus. Calcidius’ translation, which ends at Timaeus 53c, is more complete than the one produced by Cicero. This volume contains a seventeenth-century edition of the Latin translation and commentary on the Timaeus originally produced by Calcidius in the fourth century. Iohannes Meursius Recensuit, denuò edidit, et Notas addidit. Cicero’s translation was read by a number of well-known late antique scholars and had great influence on subsequent translations of the Timaeus.Ĭhalcidii V. ![]() The portion shown includes the preface, in which Cicero links Platonic doctrines with Nigidius Figulus (98-45 B.C.E) and Roman Pythagorianism the translation follows, beginning with Timaeus’ opening questions and explanation thereof: “What is that which always is and has no becoming, and what is that which becomes but never is?” The translation ends at Timaeus 47b, with the discussion regarding the purpose of eyesight and its crucial role in philosophy. The pages displayed show the beginning of his partial translation of Plato’s Timaeus. This particular volume was printed in 1536 and contains some of Cicero’s philosophic texts. This book is the fourth volume in an edition of Cicero’s works published at Venice by Luca Antonius Junta between 15. Quartus Tomus in quo Marci Tullii Ciceronis Opera Philosophica, nuper ad fidem vetustissimorum exemplarium diligentissime recognita, quorum catalogum sequens indicabit pagina. (Click on images or other links for detailed views) Plato's Timaeus: Selected Translations and Commentaries in the West: Labels & Images “Reception of the Timaeus in Renaissance Science”
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