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Compendium Timaei Platonis (Plato Arabus 1)

Galen (129-ca. 199) - author
Walzer, Richard (1909-1943) - editor
Kraus, Paul (1904-1944) - author
Date:
Keywords:
Timaeus
Body
God
Cosmos
Medicine
Arabic commentary
Nature

Bibliographical reference

Galen. Compendium Timaei Platonis. In Plato Arabus. Edited by Paul Kraus, translated by Richard Walzer. Vol. 1. London: Warburg Institute, 1951.

Description

Galen was interested in Plato’s Timaeus and commented on the medical passages (only the fragments of this comment survived); for this reason, he also summarised an Arabic commentary of Timaeus from an unknown source (cf. Plato Arabus I), published by R. Walzer in 1951.

Pubblication note

Published in:
Plato Arabus
Volume:
1
Place of publication:
London
Publisher:
Warburg Institute
Date of publication:
1951