Death and Immortality in Late Neoplatonism : Studies on the Ancient Commentaries on Plato's Phaedo.

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"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 perspective on the reception of th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gertz, Sebastian Ramon Philipp
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden : BRILL, 2011.
Colección:Studies in Platonism, Neoplatonism, and the Platonic Tradition, 12.
Temas:
Plato. > Phaedo.
Phaedo (Plato)
Death in literature.
Immortality (Philosophy)
Neoplatonism.
Suicide > history
Death > history
Mort dans la littérature.
Immortalité (Philosophie)
Néo-platonisme.
Neo-Platonism.
Death in literature
Neoplatonism
Electronic resource.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgements; A Note on Citations; Introduction; I. Olympiodorus on Suicide; II. Politics and Purification in Socrates' Second Defence (Phd. 63b-69e); III. Syrianus and Damascius: Two Interpretations of the Argument from Opposites in Plato's Phaedo (Phd. 69e-72d); IV. Memory, Forgetfulness and Recollection in the Commentaries on Plato's Phaedo; V. The Affinity Argument in Plato's Phaedo; VI. The Final Argument in Plato's Phaedo; VII. After Death: The Phaedo Myth and Its Neoplatonic Interpreters; General Conclusions; Bibliography; Index Rerum; Index Nominum Veterum et Recentiorum.

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