Abbreviations
| Alc. | Alcinous | |
| Didask. | The Handbook of Platonism, ed. Whittaker (1990) | |
| Alex. | Alexander of Aphrodisias | |
| Aporia | Problems and Solutions, ed. Bruns (1892) | |
| In Met. | Commentary on Aristotle’s Metaphysics, ed. Hayduck (1891) | |
| In Phys. | Commentary on Aristotle’s Physics IV–VIII, ed. Rashed (2011) | |
| In Top. | Commentary on Aristotle’s Topics, ed. Wallies (1891) | |
| Amm. | Ammonius | |
| In Cat. | Commentary on Aristotle’s Categories, ed. Busse (1895) | |
| In DI | Commentary on Aristotle’s On Interpretation, ed. Busse (1897) | |
| Anon. | Anonymous | |
| Prol. Plat. | Anonymous Prolegomena to Platonic Philosophy, ed. Westerink (1962) | |
| Apul. | Apuleius | |
| De Plat. | On Plato and his Doctrine, ed. Beaujeu (1973) | |
| Aristotle | ||
| APo | Posterior Analytics, ed. Ross (1965) | |
| APr | Prior Analytics, ed. Ross (1965) | |
| DA | De anima, ed. Förster (1912) | |
| DC | De caelo, ed. Moraux (1965) | |
| GC | Generation and Corruption, ed. Rashed (2005) | |
| HA | Historia animalium, ed. Balme (2002) | |
| IA | De incessu animalium, ed. Golitsis (2021) | |
| MA | De motu animalium, ed. Corcilius and Primavesi (2018) | |
| Met. | Metaphysics, ed. Ross (1924) | |
| PA | De partibus animalium, ed. Bekker (1831) | |
| Phys. | Physics, ed. Ross (1936) | |
| Asclep. | Asclepius | |
| In Met. | Commentary on Aristotle’s Metaphysics I–VII, ed. Hayduck (1888) | |
| Att. | Atticus | |
| Fr. | Fragments, ed. des Places (1977) | |
| Dam. | Damascius | |
| De Princ. | Difficulties and Solutions of First Principles, ed. Westerink and Combès (1986) | |
| In Phd. | Commentary on Plato’s Phaedo, ed. Westerink (1977) | |
| In Phileb. | Commentary on Plato’s Philebus, ed. Westerink (1959) | |
| David/Elias | ||
| In Cat. | Commentary on Aristotle’s Categories, ed. Busse (1900) | |
| Epict. | Epictetus | |
| Ench. | Enchiridion, ed. Boter (2007) | |
| Euseb. | Eusebius | |
| Praep. evang. | Praeparatio Evangelica, ed. des Places and Mras (1983) | |
| Herm. | Hermias | |
| In Phdr. | Commentary on Plato’s Phaedrus, ed. Lucarini and Moreschini (2012) | |
| Iam. | Iamblichus | |
| DA | On the Soul, ed. Finamore and Dillon (2002) | |
| Marinus | ||
| VP | Life of Proclus or On Happiness, ed. Saffrey and Segonds (2001) | |
| Num. | Numenius | |
| Fr. | Fragments, ed. des Places (1973) | |
| Olymp. | Olympiodorus | |
| In Alc. | Commentary on Plato’s First Alicibiades, Westerink (1956) | |
| In Gorg. | Commentary on Plato’s Gorgias, ed. Westerink (1970) | |
| In Meteor. | Commentary on Aristotle’s Meteorology, ed. Stuve (1900) | |
| In Phd. | Commentary on Plato’s Phaedo, ed. Westerink (1976) | |
| Philop. | John Philoponus | |
| De aet. | Against Proclus On the Eternity of the World, ed. Rabe (1899) | |
| In APo. | Commentary on Aristotle’s Posterior Analytics, ed. Wallies (1909) | |
| In DA | Commentary on Aristotle’s On the Soul, ed. Hayduck (1897) | |
| In GC | Commentary on Aristotle’s Generation and Corruption, ed. Vitelli (1897) | |
| In Phys. | Commentary on Aristotle’s Physics, ed. Vitelli (1887–8) | |
| Phot. | Photius | |
| Bibl. | Library, ed. Henry (1959–77) | |
| Plato. | Cited after Burnet (1900–7) | |
| Charm. | Charmides | |
| Leg. | Laws | |
| Parm. | Parmenides | |
| Phd. | Phaedo | |
| Phdr. | Phaedrus | |
| Phileb. | Philebus | |
| Resp. | Republic | |
| Soph. | Sophist | |
| Tht. | Theaetetus | |
| Plot. | Plotinus | |
| Enn. | Enneads, ed. Henry and Schwyzer (1964–83) | |
| Plut. | Plutarch | |
| De an. proc. | On the Generation of the Soul in the Timaeus, ed. Cherniss (1976) | |
| De Is. et Os. | On Isis and Osiris, ed. Babbitt (1936) | |
| Quaest. Plat. | Platonic Questions, ed. Cherniss (1976) | |
| Por. | Porphyry | |
| Sent. | Starting-Points Leading to the Intelligibles, ed. Brisson (2005) | |
| Proc. | Proclus | |
| De prov. | On Providence, ed. Boese (1960) | |
| Dub. | Ten Problems Concerning Providence, ed. Boese (1960) | |
| EP | Elements of Physics, ed. Ritzenfeld (1912) | |
| ET | Elements of Theology, ed. Dodds (1963) | |
| In Alc. | Commentary on Plato’s First Alcibiades, ed. Segonds (1985–6) | |
| In Crat. | Commentary on Plato’s Cratylus, ed. Pasquali (1908) | |
| In Eucl. | Commentary on the First Book of Euclid’s Elements, ed. Friedlein (1873) | |
| In Parm. | Commentary on Plato’s Parmenides, ed. Steel (2007–8) | |
| In Remp. | Commentary on Plato’s Republic, ed. Kroll (1899–1901) | |
| In Tim. | Commentary on Plato’s Timaeus, ed. van Riel (2022); in square brackets I cite the edition by Diehl (1903–6) | |
| Mal. subst. | On the Existence of Evils, ed. Boese (1960) | |
| PT | Platonic Theology, ed. Saffrey and Westerink (1968–97) | |
| Ps.-Plut. | Ps.-Plutarch | |
| De plac. | De placita philosophorum, ed. Mau (1971) | |
| Ps.-Simpl. | Ps.-Simplicius | |
| In DA | Commentary on Aristotle’s On the Soul, ed. Hayduck (1882) | |
| Sen. | Seneca | |
| Ep. | Epistulae, ed. Reynolds (1965) | |
| Simpl. | Simplicius | |
| In Cat. | Commentary on Aristotle’s Categories, ed. Kalbfleisch (1907) | |
| In DC | Commentary on Aristotle’s On the Heavens, ed. Heiberg (1894) | |
| In Phys. | Commentary on Aristotle’s Physics, ed. Diels (1882–95) | |
| Syr. | Syrianus | |
| In Met. | Commentary on Aristotle’s Metaphysics, ed. Hayduck (1888) | |
| Them. | Themistius | |
| In DA | Paraphrase of Aristotle’s On the Soul, ed. Heinze (1899) | |
| In Met. | Commentary on Aristotle’s Metaphysics, ed. Meyrav (2019) |
I use the following translations, with modifications: for Proclus' Commentary on the Timaeus the translations published by Cambridge University Press; for Plato’s Laws 10 Mayhew (2008); for Aristotle’s Physics 8 Graham (1999). Translations of other works are mentioned in brackets or footnotes.
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