Macrobius’s Commentary on the Dream of Scipio
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Macrobius’s Commentary on the Dream of Scipio is a late antique philosophical and cosmological exposition on Cicero’s Somnium Scipionis that deeply influenced medieval thought on the soul, the cosmos, and dream vision literature.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Commentary on the Dream of Scipio | 1 |
| Commentary on the Dream of Scipio by Macrobius | 1 |
| Macrobius’s Commentary on the Dream of Scipio canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Latin prose work
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commentary on Cicero ⓘ late antique work ⓘ philosophical commentary ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
explain Cicero’s Somnium Scipionis
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reconcile Cicero with Neoplatonic cosmology ⓘ |
| approximateCentury | 5th century ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Ciceronian tradition
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Roman intellectual culture ⓘ |
| author | Macrobius ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Somnium Scipionis
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surface form:
Cicero’s Somnium Scipionis
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| circulatedWidelyIn | Middle Ages ⓘ |
| contains |
account of the music of the spheres
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classification of dreams ⓘ discussion of planetary spheres ⓘ moral exhortation to political virtue ⓘ |
| discusses |
fate and providence
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relationship between body and soul ⓘ symbolism of numbers and harmony ⓘ virtue as path to celestial reward ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
ascent of the soul
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hierarchy of the heavens ⓘ immortality of the soul ⓘ nature of dreams ⓘ structure of the cosmos ⓘ |
| genre | philosophical and cosmological exposition ⓘ |
| influenced |
Dante’s cosmological imagination
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Latin scholastic thought ⓘ medieval cosmology ⓘ medieval dream vision literature ⓘ medieval psychology of the soul ⓘ |
| literaryForm | commentary ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition | Neoplatonic philosophy ⓘ |
| preservedIn | medieval Latin manuscripts ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
De re publica
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surface form:
Cicero’s De re publica
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| subject |
Neoplatonism
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afterlife ⓘ cosmology ⓘ dream visions ⓘ the soul ⓘ virtue and ethics ⓘ |
| timePeriod | late antiquity ⓘ |
| title |
Macrobius’s Commentary on the Dream of Scipio
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surface form:
Commentary on the Dream of Scipio
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| usedAs | school text in medieval education ⓘ |
| workType | philosophical exegesis ⓘ |
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Commentary on the Dream of Scipio by Macrobius
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