Online Lecture on «Porphyry on the Prologue of Plato's Timaeus» by Luc Brisson
With the kind support of the A. S. Onassis Foundation, the research project “Between Athens & Alexandria. Platonism, 3rd-7th c. CE” (2022-2024), in collaboration with the Alexandria Center for Hellenistic Studies of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, organise a monthly lecture series on late antique Neoplatonism. The meetings take place on Zoom at 7.00 pm (Athens time). The Fall 2024 lectures focus on Proclus’ (412-485) Commentaries on Plato. All welcome!
Οn Thursday Dec. 12, at 19:00 (Athens time) Director of Research Emeritus Luc Brisson (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique) will give a lecture on «Porphyry on the Prologue of Plato's Timaeus».
Abstract
In his Commentary on Plato’s Timaeus, Proclus attributes to Porphyry several exegetical remarks on the Prologue of the Timaeus , often in connection with comments by Cassius Longinus and Origen the Platonist. This should allow us to determine the type of exegesis practiced by Plotinus’ disciple.
FR-Dans son Commentaire sur le Timée de Platon, Proclus attribue à Porphyre plusieurs remarques exégétiques sur le Prologue du Timée, souvent en rapport avec plusieurs remarques de Cassius Longin et d’Origène le Platonicien. Cela devra nous permettre de déterminer le genre d’exégèse pratiquée par le disciple de Plotin.
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