Hisdosus (fl. c. 1100), also known as
Hisdosus Scholasticus, was a writer and scholar who lived in the early 12th century.
[Terence Irwin, (1995), Classical philosophy: collected papers, p. 206. Taylor & Francis] Nothing is known about his life. His first name is unknown, but he states that "I call myself Hisdosus, taken from the name of my father."
History
A
Latin language commentary by him on
Calcidius' translation of
Plato's
Timaeus survives in manuscript.
[ Codex Parisinus Latinus 8624] He comments on the passage in the
Timaeus (34b–36d) that deals with the
Anima mundi.
The commentary depends on the glosses by the French scholastic philosopher William of Conches on the
Timaeus, and it has been supposed that he may have been a pupil of William of Conches.
Hisdosus' commentary is the only source (albeit in Latin paraphrase) for Heraclitus' comparison of the soul to a spider and the body to the spider's web (Diels-Kranz 22B 67a).[Charles H. Kahn, (1981), The art and thought of Heraclitus, p. 289. Cambridge University Press.]
