Opening Explanation of Certain Platonic Terms — Thomas Taylor in Plato Scroll… Continue →
Thomas Taylor · Thomas Taylor (1804)
AS some apology may be thought necessary for having introduced, in the course of the following translation, certain unusual words of Greek origin, I shall only observe, that as all arts and sciences have certain appropriate terms peculiar to themselves, philosophy, which is the art of arts, and science of sciences, as being the mistress of both, has certainly a prior and a far superior claim to this privilege. I have not, however, introduced, I believe, any of these terms, without at the same time sufficiently explaining them; but, lest the contrary should have taken place, the following explanation of all such terms as I have been able to recollect, and also of common words used by Platonists in a peculiar sense, is subjoined for the information of the reader. ANAGOGIC, αναγωγικος. Leading on high. DEMIURGUS, δημιουργος. Jupiter, the artificer of the universe. DIANOETIC. This word is …
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