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

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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.

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

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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 ...
Dates: 12th century
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Western Medieval Manuscripts / Composite manuscript including ten texts