Calcidius, fl 321 (philospher and translator of and commentator on, Plato's Timaeus)

Person

Dates

Existence: fl 321

Biography

Calcidius (or Chalcidius) was a 4th-century philosopher who translated the first part (to 53c) of Plato's Timaeus from Greek into Latin around the year 321 and provided with it an extensive commentary. This the only extensive text of Plato known to scholars in the Latin West for approximately 800 years.

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

In Platonis Timaeum commentarius by Calcidius, 12th century

Part

Identifier: MS 16/ff. 144r-150r

Contents This section of the manuscript contains a version of Calcidius's In Platonis Timaeum commentarius, which is a 4th-century translation of the first part of Plato's Timaeus. This is a text that speculates on the nature of the physical world.This section starts on f. 144r with the words Unus duo tres and ends on f. 150r with et omnem cujus proprietas...

Dates: 12th century

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Western Medieval Manuscripts / Composite manuscript including ten texts

In Platonis Timaeum commentarius [incomplete] by Calcidius, 12th century

Part

Identifier: MS 16/ff. 204r-236v

Contents As with ff.144-150, this section of the manuscript contains a version of Calcidius's In Platonis Timaeum commentarius, which is a 4th-century translation of the first part of Plato's Timaeus. This is a text that speculates on the nature of the physical world.This section starts on f.204r with At vero dei operum origo, which is from Chapter 23. It ends on f.236v with ...