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Introduction to Essay 12

from On the Republic of Plato: Essays 7–15

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 June 2022

Edited and translated by
Dirk Baltzly ,
John F. Finamore  and
Graeme Miles
Dirk Baltzly
Affiliation:
University of Tasmania
John F. Finamore
Affiliation:
University of Iowa
Graeme Miles
Affiliation:
University of Tasmania
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Despite the title of Essay 12 (‘On the Cave in the Seventh Book of the Republic’), the text which survives deals not only, and in fact not primarily, with the famous image of the Cave, but also with the image which precedes it in the Republic, the Divided Line. Due to a lacuna in our essay, of uncertain length but of at least one entire folio, a large part of Proclus’ discussion of the Cave is lost to us. Proportionately, therefore, we have more remaining to us of the discussion of the Divided Line. By the nature of the passages which Proclus analyses here, there is some overlap with Essay 11 (in relation to the Good), and Essay 10 (in relation to the ascent through the distinct ontological levels).

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Proclus: Commentary on Plato's 'Republic' , pp. 169 - 175
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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