Screen LibraryDeath and immortality in late Neoplatonism：studies on the ancient commentaries on Plato's Phaedo
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Brill,
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| Publisher Address: | Boston |
| Publication Dates: | 2011. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Ancient Mediterranean and medieval texts and contexts ; v. 12 |
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| Item Description: | Phaedo. |
| Carrier Form: | vii, 223 p.: ; 25 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9789004207172 (hardcover : acid-free paper) 9004207171 (hardcover : acid-free paper) |
| Index Number: | B502 |
| CLC: | B502.232 |
| Call Number: | B502.232/G384 |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction -- Olympiodorus on suicide -- Politics and purification in Socrates' second defence (Phd. 63b-69e) -- Syrianus and Damascius: two interpretations of the argument from opposites in Plato's Phaedo (Phd. 69e-72d) -- Memory, forgetfulness and r "The belief in the immortality of the soul has been described as one of the "twin pillars of Platonism" and is famously defended by Socrates in Plato's Phaedo. The ancient commentaries on the dialogue by Olympiodorus and Damascius offer a unique perspec |