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Title

Le timee de Platon : traittant de la natvre du monde, & de l'homme, & de ce qui concerne vniuersellement tant l'ame, que le corps des deux

Description

This translation and commentary on the Timaeus by the humanist Loys le Roy (1510?-1577) contains the first known translation of the dialogue from Greek into French. The volume belongs to the second printing of Le Roy’s translation, produced in Paris by Abel l’Angelier in 1582 (click here to see the title page). It also contains a French translation of Plutarch’s treatise on the creation of the soul., an event which Plato describes in the Timaeus. The text is divided into four parts, although the precise point of division between the third and fourth parts is uncertain. Marginal numbers, such as the ‘4’ printed on the left page displayed, direct the reader to endnotes printed after the section. Simple diagrams are printed occasionally throughout the work. The Timaeus passage shown treats bodily diseases, particularly how they arise and are propogated. The Greek note in the margin is a direct quotation from Timaeus 82e: ὅταν γὰρ τηκομένη σάρξ, meaning “whenever flesh decomposes.”

Call Number (click link to view in library catalog)

X 881 P5TI.FL1582

Authors

Plato.

Full Title

Le timee de Platon : traittant de la natvre du monde, & de l'homme, & de ce qui concerne vniuersellement tant l'ame, que le corps des deux / translaté de Grec en frañçois, auec l'exposition ... par Loys le Roy ...

Date

1581

Publisher

Par Abel l'Angelier

Location

Paris

Language

French

Rights

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Type

Text

Medium

Book

Bibliographic Citation

Plato. Le timee de Platon : traittant de la natvre du monde, & de l’homme, & de ce qui concerne vniuersellement tant l’ame, que le corps des deux. Paris: Par Abel l’Angelier ..., 1581.