Article ID: CBB001252562

Proclus on Plato's Timaeus 89e3--90c7 (2013)

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Although the existence of an Arabic translation of a section of Proclus' commentary on Plato's Timaeus lost in the Greek has been known since long, this text has not yet enjoyed a modern edition. The present article aims to consummate this desideratum by offering a critical edition of the Arabic fragment accompanied by an annotated English translation. The attached study of the contents and structure of the extant fragment shows that it displays all typical formal elements of Proclus' commentaries, whereas its conciseness and shortcomings raise certain doubts about its completeness. As a parergon, the article includes an analysis of a hitherto neglected letter by unayn ibn Is aq, which is attached to the fragment in the manuscript transmission. In addition to providing some insight into the origins of the Proclian fragment, this letter sheds some light on the Syriac and Arabic reception of some works by Hippocrates and Galen, especially Hippocrates' On Regimen in Acute Diseases and the history of its Arabic translation.

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Description On a fragment of an Arabic translation of a section of Proclus' commentary on Plato's Timaeus.


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Authors & Contributors
Martijn, Marije
Maieron, Mario Augusto
Rareș Ilie Marinescu
Zlatev, Boyko
Boudon-Millot, Véronique
Zonta, Mauro
Concepts
Medicine
Philosophy
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Manuscripts
Commentaries
Hippocratic medicine
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Medieval
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Mesopotamia
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