Book contents
- Calcidius on Plato’s Timaeus
- Calcidius on Plato’s Timaeus
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part One
- Part Two
- Part Three
- Chapter 11 Calcidius and Aristotle
- Chapter 12 Calcidius and the Stoics
- Chapter 13 Source and Sources (1)
- Chapter 14 Source and Sources (2)
- Chapter 15 Calcidius Christianus? (1)
- Chapter 16 Calcidius Christianus? (2)
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index Locorum
Conclusion
Who Is Calcidius?
from Part Three
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 September 2020
Book contents
- Calcidius on Plato’s Timaeus
- Calcidius on Plato’s Timaeus
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part One
- Part Two
- Part Three
- Chapter 11 Calcidius and Aristotle
- Chapter 12 Calcidius and the Stoics
- Chapter 13 Source and Sources (1)
- Chapter 14 Source and Sources (2)
- Chapter 15 Calcidius Christianus? (1)
- Chapter 16 Calcidius Christianus? (2)
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index Locorum
Summary
The conclusion argues for an earlier date (first half of the fourth century CE) than the editor of the text Waszink assumed, and locates Calcidius in the strand of the tradition called Middle Platonism.It also states that Calcidius' commentary does not present a Christian worldview, though he makes a few concessions to a Christian audience, addressed in the second person.
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- Calcidius on Plato's TimaeusGreek Philosophy, Latin Reception, and Christian Contexts, pp. 216 - 220Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020