Limite, illimitato, prima mescolanza: il ruolo del "Filebo" nel "De animae procreatione in Timaeo" di Plutarco

Authors

  • Francesco Caruso Sapienza-Università di Roma

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14195/2183-4105_21_9

Keywords:

Plato, Plutarch, Philebus, Timaeus, world-soul, unlimitedness

Abstract

Recent scholarship has recognized some thematic connections related to onto-cosmological issues between two late Platonic dialogues, such as Philebus and Timaeus, and has tried to explain them in different ways. The aim of this paper is to contribute to such a debate by analysing an ancient exegesis of Timaeus 35a1-b4, that of Plutarch of Chaeronea, which made use of the ontological sections of the Philebus (16c-17a and 23c-27c) in his treatise on the cosmogony of the Timaeus. More specifically, this analysis will show that the notions of ‘limit’ and ‘unlimitedness’ played a decisive role in the shaping of the “essence” of the world-soul according to Plutarch.

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Published

2021-01-28

How to Cite

Caruso, F. (2021). Limite, illimitato, prima mescolanza: il ruolo del "Filebo" nel "De animae procreatione in Timaeo" di Plutarco. PLATO JOURNAL, 21, 125-147. https://doi.org/10.14195/2183-4105_21_9

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Vol. 21 (2021): Plato Journal #21

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