Interpretation of Myths – Proclus on the Republic Essay 5 and 6

Commentary on the Republic: Summary of Essays 5 and 6 and What's NextWe end the course with an overview of the whole 5th and 6th essays and end…

Commentary on the Republic: End of Essay 6We finish essay six, looking at the different bards in Homer and how they correspond to the kinds of poetry and…

Commentary on the Republic: Rational and Mimetic PoetryWe end Proclus' discussion of the kinds of poetry, looking at what he has to say about rational poetry and the…

Commentary on the Republic: Poets as Magnetics and Children of GodsYitzchok Lowy and I conclude Proclus' discussion of inspired poetry in Plato looking at Plato's Ion and it's…

Commentary on the Republic: Poetry and the Light of the GodsWe read Proclus' account of the three kinds of life and the three kinds of poetry and his…

Commentary on the Republic: the Blindness of PoetsYitzchok Lowy and I discuss Proclus' explanation of Plato's account of the blindness of Homer and Stesichorus in the Phaedrus. Some…

Commentary on the Republic: Names and SelvesYitzchok Lowy and I discuss Proclus interpretation of Plato's use of the distinct divine and human names in Homer and also his…

Commentary on the Republic: Homer as a SourceYitzchok Lowy and I go over a list of teachings that Proclus thinks Plato got from Homer in some way.

Commentary on the Republic: Plato banished from the city!Yitzchok Lowy and I discuss a new argument that Proclus brings in Homer's defense: Plato can't have mean to reject…

Commentary on the Republic: Homer as an AuthorityYitzchok Lowy and I go over Proclus' prooftexts that show that Plato quotes Homer as an authority and as a model…