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The Neoplatonic Socrates /

Today the name Socrates invokes a powerful idealization of wisdom and nobility that would surprise many of his contemporaries, who excoriated the philosopher for corrupting youth. The problem of who Socrates "really" was-the true history of his activities and beliefs-has long been thought...

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Otros Autores: Addey, Crystal (Contribuidor), Ambury, James M. (Contribuidor), Finamore, John F. (Contribuidor), Griffin, Michael (Contribuidor), Lawrence, Marilynn (Contribuidor), Layne, Danielle A. (Contribuidor, Editor ), Manolea, Christina-Panagiota (Contribuidor), Renaud, François (Contribuidor), Roskam, Geert (Contribuidor), Tarrant, Harold (Contribuidor, Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2014]
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  • 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