Plutarch's 'De animae procreatione in Timaeo': An Analysis of Structure and Content
by Jackson P. Hershbell, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Contents
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I. The 'De animae procreatione' and Plutarch's Platonism |
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1. Scholarship on the 'De anímae procreatione' |
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2. Date, Genre, and the Sources of the 'De animae procreatione' |
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3. Plutarch's Quotations and Method of Interpreting Plato
in the 'De animae procreatione' |
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II. Outline and Summary of the Contents of the 'De animae procreatione' |
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1. Chaps. 1-28 (1012B-1027A) |
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a) Introduction (Chaps. 1-4, 1012B-1014) |
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b) Plutarch's summary of his own views of the 'Timaeus' passage (Chaps. 5-10, 1014-1017C) |
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c) Displacement |
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d) Polemic against Crantor and his followers (Chap 21, 1022E-1023B) |
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e) Polemic against Posidonius and his followers (Chaps.
22-23, 1023B-1024 B) |
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f) Plutarch's continuing summary of his own views (Chaps. 24-28,1024B- 1027F) |
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2. Chaps. 29-33 (1027A-1030C) |
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a) Introduction (Chap. 29) |
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b) Question One on the quantity of the numbers used by Plato (Chaps. 30 and 11-14, 1027D-F and 1017C-1022C) |
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c) Question Two on the arrangement of the numbers (Chaps.
20 and 30b, 1022C-1022C-E and 1027F-1028A) |
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d) Question Three on the function of the numbers in the composition of the soul (Chaps. 31-33, 1028A-1030C) |
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III. Select Bibliography |
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