Procli In Platonis Parmenidem Commentaria II

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Procli In Platonis Parmenidem Commentaria II is written by Proclus and published by OUP Oxford. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0199291713 (ISBN 10) and 9780199291717 (ISBN 13).

The Commentary on Plato's Parmenides by Proclus (AD 412-85) is the most important extant document on the interpretation of this enigmatic dialogue, and has had a crucial influence on all subsequent readings. In Proclus' Commentary, the Parmenides provides the argumentative and conceptual framework for a scientific theology wherein all mythological discourse about the gods can be integrated. Its exposition was therefore the culmination of the curriculum of thePlatonic school. This theological reading of the Parmenides persisted, through the medium of Ficino, until the nineteenth century. Previously this important text was only accessible in the edition of V. Cousin (Paris, 1864). This new critical edition is based on an exhaustive study of both the Greek tradition and themedieval Latin translation. This volume contains Books IV and V.