On Plato’s Timaeus

Calcidius

Edited and translated by John Magee

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Publication Date: 04/30/2016

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800 pages

5-1/4 x 8 inches

23 line illustrations

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Introduction
Dedicatory Epistle: Osio Suo Calcidius [“Calcidius, to His Osius”]
Timaeus
- The Timaeus of Plato, First Part
- The Timaeus of Plato, Second Part
Commentary
- Commentary, First Part
  - 1. On the Generation of the World
  - 2. On the Origin of Soul
  - 3. On Harmonic Modulation
  - 4. On Numbers
  - 5. On the Fixed and Wandering Stars
  - 6. On the Heaven
- Commentary, Second Part
  - 7. On the Four Kinds of Living Beings
  - 8. On the Origin of Mankind
  - 9. The Reasons Why a Good Many Human Beings Are Wise and the Rest Unwise
  - 10. On Vision
  - 11. On Images
  - 12. In Praise of Vision
  - 13. On Matter
Diagrams
Abbreviations
Note on the Text
Notes to the Text
Notes to the Translation
Bibliography
Index

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