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  • 27 - Calcidius

  • from V - The second encounter of Christianity with ancient Greek philosophy
  • Edited by Lloyd P. Gerson, University of Toronto
  • Book:
    The Cambridge History of Philosophy in Late Antiquity
    Published online:
    28 May 2011
    Print publication:
    01 January 2000, pp 498-508

  • Summary

    Calcidius adheres to the doctrine of the eternity of the world, and posits matter as a co-principle with and independent from god. He does not Christianize the Timaeus but rather makes the case for Platonic doctrine as he understands it. It is also possible that he did not realize that the Platonist Origen and the Christian one could have been two different people. The very act of writing a commentary on a non-Christian text may set him apart from the Christian circles of his time. Thus this work forces us to rethink the boundaries between Christian and pagan affiliations in the fourth century CE. Calcidius himself provides us with the key to the structure of his exposition. He uses transitions in the Timaeus account together with a markedly sequential approach, moving from more basic to complex and advanced topics. Calcidius has included in his doxography, a position that is similar to one elsewhere attested for Porphyry.