INTERPRETING PROCLUS

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1 INTERPRETING PROCLUS This is the first book to provide an account of the influence of Proclus, a member of the Athenian Neoplatonic School, during more than one thousand years of European history (c ). Proclus was the most important philosopher of late antiquity, a dominant (albeit controversial) voice in Byzantine thought, the second most influential Greek philosopher in the later western Middle Ages (after Aristotle), and a major figure (together with Plotinus) in the revival of Greek philosophy in the Renaissance. Proclus was also intensively studied in the Islamic world of the Middle Ages and was a major influence on the thought of medieval Georgia. The volume begins with a substantial essay by the editor summarizing the entire history of Proclus reception. This is followed by chapters by more than a dozen of the world s leading authorities in the various specific areas covered. stephen gersh is Professor of Medieval Studies and Concurrent Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame. Specializing in the Platonic tradition, he is the author of numerous monographs on ancient, medieval, and modern philosophy of which the most recent are Reading Plato Tracing Plato (2005); Neoplatonism after Derrida: Parallelograms (2006); and Being Different: More Neoplatonism after Derrida (2014). He has edited, among other books, Medieval and Renaissance Humanism: Realism, Representation, and Reform (with Bert Roest, 2003); and Eriugena, Berkeley, and the Idealist Tradition (with Dermot Moran, 2006). in this web service

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4 University Printing House, Cambridge cb28bs, United Kingdom is part of the University of Cambridge. It furthers the University s mission by disseminating knowledge in the pursuit of education, learning and research at the highest international levels of excellence. Information on this title: / This publication is in copyright. Subject to statutory exception and to the provisions of relevant collective licensing agreements, no reproduction of any part may take place without the written permission of. First published 2014 Printed in the United Kingdom by Clays, St Ives plc A catalogue record for this publication is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloguing in Publication data Interpreting Proclus : from antiquity to the renaissance / edited by. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn (hardback) 1. Proclus,approximately I. Gersh, Stephen. b701.z7i dc isbn Hardback has no responsibility for the persistence or accuracy of urls for external or third-party internet websites referred to in this publication, and does not guarantee that any content on such websites is, or will remain, accurate or appropriate. in this web service

5 Contents List of contributors Note on editions and translations of Proclus works page vii viii Onethousand years of Proclus: an introduction to his reception 1 part i proclus 31 1 Proclus life, works, and education of the soul 33 Lucas Siorvanes 2 Proclus as exegete 57 Anne Sheppard 3 Proclus as theologian 80 part ii the influence of proclus 109 ii.1 Late antiquity 4 Dionysius the Areopagite 111 John M. Dillon Excursus 4a Damascius and Boethius 125 ii.2 Medieval Islamic philosophy 5 The Liber de causis 137 Cristina D Ancona v in this web service

6 vi Contents ii.3 Medieval Byzantine philosophy 6 Michael Psellos 165 Dominic J. O Meara 7 Eleventh- to twelfth-century Byzantium 182 Michele Trizio Excursus 7a George Gemistos Plethon 216 ii.4 Medieval Georgian philosophy 8 Ioane Petritsi 229 Lela Alexidze ii.5 Medieval Western philosophy 9 William of Moerbeke, translator of Proclus 247 Carlos Steel 10 The University of Paris in the thirteenth century 264 Pasquale Porro 11 Dietrich of Freiberg and Berthold of Moosburg 299 Markus Führer and 12 Nicholas of Cusa 318 ii.6 The Renaissance 13 Marsilio Ficino 353 Michael J. B. Allen 14 Francesco Patrizi 380 Thomas Leinkauf Index of names 403 Index of subjects 407 in this web service

7 Contributors lela alexidze, Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Georgia michael j. b. allen, University of California, Los Angeles cristina d ancona, Università degli Studi di Pisa john m. dillon, Trinity College Dublin markus führer, Augsburg College stephen gersh, University of Notre Dame thomas leinkauf, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster dominic j. o meara, University of Fribourg pasquale porro, Université de Paris-Sorbonne anne sheppard, Royal Holloway, University of London lucas siorvanes, King s College London carlos steel, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium michele trizio, Università deglistudidibari vii in this web service

8 Note on editions and translations of Proclus works In this volume, the writings of Proclus are cited according to the editions and using the abbreviations noted in the following list. This list also notes the English translations that are currently available. Items marked with an asterisk * include translations into French. De aeternitate mundi, fragments in Philoponus, De aeternitate mundi contra Proclum, edited by H. Rabe, Leipzig On the Eternity of the World, introduction, translation, and commentary by H. S. Lang and A. D. Macro, Berkeley and Los Angeles De arte sacrificali, incatalogue des manuscrits alchimiques grecs, vol. vi, edited by J. Bidez, Brussels 1928 (= De arte sacr.). On the Priestly Art according to the Greeks, translated by B. Copenhaver, in I.MerkelandA.G.Debus(eds.),Hermeticism and the Renaissance, Intellectual History and the Occult in Early Modern Europe, Washington, DC and London 1988, De philosophia chaldaica (Eclogae) in *Oracles chaldaïques, avec un choix de commentaires anciens, edited by É. des Places, Paris 1971, (= De phil. chald.). Elementatio theologica, The Elements of Theology, A Revised Text with Translation, Introduction, and Commentary, edited by E. R. Dodds, Oxford 1933; second edition, Oxford 1963 (= El. theol.). Hymni, edited by E. Vogt, Wiesbaden 1957 (= Hymn.). Translated by R. M. van den Berg, in Proclus Hymns, Essays, Translations, Commentary, Leiden *In primum Alcibiadem, edited by A.-Ph. Segonds, 2 vols., Paris (= In Alc.). Proclus, Alcibiades I, translation and commentary by W. O Neill, The Hague In Platonis Cratylum commentaria, edited by G. Pasquali, Leipzig 1908 (= In Crat.). On Plato s Cratylus, translated by B. M. Duvick, Ithaca, NY In primum Euclidis Elementorum librum commentarii, edited by G. Friedlein, Leipzig 1873 (= In Eucl.). viii in this web service

9 Editions and translations of Proclus works ix A Commentary on the First Book of Euclid s Elements, translation, introduction, and notes by G. R. Morrow, Princeton In Platonis Parmenidem commentaria, edited by C. Steel, 3 vols., Oxford (= In Parm.). *Commentaire sur le Parménide deplaton, edited by C. Luna and A.-Ph. Segonds, Paris Commentaire sur le Parménide de Platon, traduction de Guillaume de Moerbeke, edited by C. Steel, 2 vols., Leuven and Leiden Commentary on Plato s Parmenides, translation, introduction, and notes by G. R. Morrow and J. M. Dillon, Princeton In Platonis Rem Publicam commentarii, edited by W. Kroll, 2 vols., Leipzig (= In Remp.). In Platonis Timaeum commentaria, edited by E. Diehl, 3 vols., Leipzig (= In Tim.). Commentary on Plato s Timaeus, translatedbyd.baltzly,h.tarrant,d.t. Runia, and M. Share, Cambridge 2007 *Theologia Platonica, Théologie platonicienne, edited by H.-D. Saffrey and L. G. Westerink, 6 vols., Paris (= Theol. Plat.). Translated by T. Taylor, London Reprinted Kew Gardens, NY Tria opuscula: *Decem dubitationes circa providentiam, Dix problèmes concernant la providence,in Trois Études sur la Providence, vol. i, edited by D. Isaac, Paris 1977 (= De dec. dub.). Ten Doubts concerning Providence and a Solution of Those Doubts; and On the Subsistence of Evil, translated by T. Taylor, London Reprinted Chicago *De malorum subsistentia, De l existence du mal, introis Études, vol. iii, edited by D. Isaac, Paris 1982 (= De mal. sub.). On the Existence of Evils, translated by J. Opsomer and C. Steel, Ithaca, NY *De providentia et fato, Providence, fatalité, liberté, introis Études, vol. ii, edited by D. Isaac, Paris 1979 (= De prov.). On Providence, translated by C. Steel, Ithaca, NY in this web service