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This is the first collected volume dedicated to the work of the 6th-century CE philosopher Olympiodorus of Alexandria. His Platonic commentaries are rare witnesses to ancient views on Plato’s Socratic works. As a pagan, Olympiodorus entertained a complex relationship with his predominantly Christian surroundings. The contributors address his profile as a Platonic philosopher, the ways he did and did not adapt his teaching to his Christian audience, his reflections on philosophical exegesis and communication and his thinking on self-cognition. The volume as a whole helps us understand the development of Platonic philosophy at the end of antiquity.

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Author:   Albert Joosse
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   159
Weight:   0.597kg
ISBN:  

9789004466692

ISBN 10:   900446669
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   01 July 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Abbreviations Notes on Contributors 1 Introduction  Albert Joosse 2 Olympiodorus and Greco-Alexandrian Alchemy  Cristina Viano 3 The Life of Plato in Introductory Schemes: The Preface to Olympiodorus’ Commentary on the First Alcibiades (in Alc 1.1–3.2)  Anna Motta 4 Olympiodorus on the Scale of Virtues  Michael J. Griffin 5 Olympiodorus’ Notion of αἴσθησις and Its Historical Context  Péter Lautner 6 The Virtue of Double Ignorance in Olympiodorus  Danielle A. Layne 7 Olympiodorus’ View of Civic Self-Knowledge  Albert Joosse 8 The Neoplatonists Hermias and Olympiodorus on Plato’s Theory of Rhetoric  Bettina Bohle 9 Reconciling Philosophy with Poetry: Olympiodorus’ Interpretation of the Gorgias Myth  François Renaud 10 Olympiodorus on Drama  Anne Sheppard 11 Special Kinds of Platonic Discourse: Does Olympiodorus Have a New Approach?  Harold Tarrant 12 Olympiodorus, Christianity, and Metensomatosis  Simon Fortier Index Locorum General Index

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Albert Joosse, PhD, is lecturer and researcher at the universities of Groningen and Utrecht. His work focuses on Plato and the Platonic tradition.

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