Alcibiades and the Socratic lover-educator / edited by Marguerite Johnson and Harold Tarrant.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Johnson, Marguerite, 1965-

Tarrant, Harold.

Series:

Classical Studies & Archaeology 2013.

Classical Studies & Archaeology 2013

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Plato. Alcibiades I.

Plato.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 254 pages).

Place of Publication:

New York : Bristol Classical Press, 2013.

System Details:

Mode of Access: World Wide Web.

text file

Summary:

Most of the 14 chapters are derived from papers delivered to a December 2008 symposium held in Newcastle, Australia, and the University of Newcastle is the largest contributor of the classicists here who weigh in on the purported sexual relationship between philosopher Socrates and his student Alcibiades, a powerful politician. Among the topics are Socrates and Platonic models of love, whether Alcibiades learned justice from the many, the Alcibiades I on virtue and courage, Philo's treatment of the divine lover in Hellenistic pedagogy, and Socrates' divine sign from the Alcibiades to Olympiodorus. Distributed in the US by International Publishers Marketing. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Introduction / Harold Tarrant Tarrant, Harold, Marguerite Johnson Johnson, Marguerite 1

1 The role of Eros in Improving the Pupil, or What Socrates Learned from Sappho / Marguerite Johnson Johnson, Marguerite 7

2 Socrates and Platonic Models of Love / Dougal Blyth Blyth, Dougal 30

3 The Eye of the Beloved: Opsis and Eros in Socratic Pedagogy / Victoria Wohl Wohl, Victoria 45

4 Plato's Oblique Response to Issues of Socrates' Influence on Alcibiades: An Examination of the Protagoras and the Gorgias / Reuben Ramsey Ramsey, Reuben 61

5 Socratic Ignorance, or the Place of the Alcibiades I in Plato's Early Works / Yuji Kurihara Kurihara, Yuji 77

6 Did Alcibiades Learn Justice from the Many? / Joe Mintoff Mintoff, Joe 90

7 The Dual-Role Philosophers: An Exploration of a Failed Relationship / Anthony Hooper Hooper, Anthony 107

8 Authenticity, Experiment or Development: The Alcibiades I on Virtue and Courage / Eugenio Benitez Benitez, Eugenio 119

9 Revaluing Megalopsuchia: Reflections on the Alcibiades II / Matthew Sharpe Sharpe, Matthew 134

10 Improvement by Love: From Aeschines to the Old Academy / Harold Tarrant Tarrant, Harold 147

11 Ice-Cold in Alex: Philo's Treatment of the Divine Lover in Hellenistic Pedagogy / Fergus J. King King, Fergus J. 164

12 Proclus' Reading of Plato's Sokratikoi Logoi: Proclus' Observations on Dialectic at Alcibiades 112d-114e and Elsewhere / Akitsugu Taki Taki, Akitsugu 180

13 Socrates' Divine Sign: From the Alcibiades to Olympiodorus / Francois Renaud Renaud, Francois 190

14 'The Individual' in History and History 'in General'. Alcibiades Philosophical History and Ideas in Contest / Neil Morpeth Morpeth, Neil 200.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Electronic reproduction. London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2014. Available via World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreement. s2014 dcunns

Contains:

Johnson, Marguerite, 1965- Role of Eros in improving the pupil, or, What Socrates learned from Sappho.

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Original

ISBN:

9781472554505

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