The Platonic Alcibiades I : the dialogue and its ancient reception / Francois Renaud & Harold Tarrant.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Renaud, François, 1960- author.

Tarrant, Harold, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Plato. Alcibiades.

Plato.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 292 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Although it was influential for several hundred years after it first appeared, doubts about the authenticity of the Platonic Alcibiades I have unnecessarily impeded its interpretation ever since. It positions itself firmly within the Platonic and Socratic traditions, and should therefore be approached in the same way as most other Platonic dialogues. It paints a vivid portrait of a Socrates in his late thirties tackling the unrealistic ambitions of the youthful Alcibiades, urging him to come to know himself and to care for himself. François Renaud and Harold Tarrant re-examine the drama and philosophy of Alcibiades I with an eye on those interpreters who cherished it most. Modern scholars regularly play down one or more of the religious, erotic, philosophic or dramatic aspects of the dialogue, so ancient Platonist interpreters are given special consideration. This rich study will interest a wide range of readers in ancient philosophy.

Contents:

The Dialogue. Introduction

The Alcibiades I and its issues

Reception in antiquity. Prereception and early reception

Neoplatonist reception to Proclus

Olympiodorus

The Dialogue revisited. Reflections on our ancient journey.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-316-38961-8

1-316-39090-X

1-316-39170-1

1-316-39210-4

1-316-39230-9

1-316-39190-6

1-316-39150-7

0-511-66743-4