Proclus follows in his introduction the same general format as he follows in his other commentaries (In Alc., In Remp., In Tim.), a format going back, to some extent at least, to the Middle Platonic tradition and more immediately to Porphyry and Iamblichus, but fully developed only in the Athenian School, probably by Syrianus. I will deal first with this general introduction, and then touch on details of special interest arising in the commentary. 617-660) is a general introduction to the dialogue, so there are only 82 columns of commentary proper. However, more than a third of the book (pp. BOOK I of the Commentary carries us no further than 128e, a space of three Stephanus pages, in 104 columns of Cousin’s edition.
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