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The Neoplatonic Socrates explores the portrait of the great philosopher as developed by the Platonists in the first six centuries C.E. and examines Neoplatonic attitudes toward themes relevant to the contemporary studies of Socrates.
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University of Pennsylvania Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Philadelphia, Pa. : |
| Publication Dates: |
[2014] ©2014 |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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| Online Access: |
http://dx.doi.org/10.9783/9780812210002 http://www.degruyter.com/doc/cover/9780812210002.jpg |
| Summary: |
The Neoplatonic Socrates explores the portrait of the great philosopher as developed by the Platonists in the first six centuries C.E. and examines Neoplatonic attitudes toward themes relevant to the contemporary studies of Socrates. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (264 pages) : illustrations |
| ISBN: | 9780812210002 |
| Index Number: | B317 |
| CLC: | B502.231 |
| Contents: |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction / Chapter 1. Socratic Love in Neoplatonism / Chapter 2. Plutarch and Apuleius on Socrates Daimonion / Chapter 3. The Daimonion of Socrates: Daimones and Divination in Neoplatonism / Chapter 4. Socrates in the Neoplatonic Psychology of Hermias / Chapter 5. The Character of Socrates and the Good of Dialogue Form: Neoplatonic Hermeneutics / Chapter 6. Hypostasizing Socrates / Chapter 7. Socratic Character: Proclus on the Function of Erotic Intellect / Chapter 8. The Elenctic Strategies of Socrates: The Alcibiades I and the Commentary of Olympiodorus / Chapter 9. Akrasia and Enkrateia in Simplicius s Commentary on Epictetus s Encheiridion / Chapter 10. The Many-Voiced Socrates: Neoplatonist Sensitivity to Socrates Change of Register / Conclusion / Appendix: The Reception of Socrates in Late Antiquity: Authors, Texts, and Notable References -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Contributors -- General Index -- Acknowledgments. |