Olympiodorus of Alexandria : exegete, teacher, platonic philosopher / edited by Albert Joosse.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Joosse, Albert, editor.

Series:

Philosophia Antiqua

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy--Introductions.

Philosophy.

Philosophy--Religious aspects.

Olympiodorus, the Younger, of Alexandria, active 6th century.

Olympiodorus.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (282 pages)

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2021]

Summary:

"This is the first collected volume dedicated to the work of the 6th-century CE philosopher Olympiodorus of Alexandria. His Platonic commentaries are rare witnesses to ancient views on Plato's Socratic works. As a pagan, Olympiodorus entertained a complex relationship with his predominantly Christian surroundings. The contributors address his profile as a Platonic philosopher, the ways he did and did not adapt his teaching to his Christian audience, his reflections on philosophical exegesis and communication and his thinking on self-cognition. The volume as a whole helps us understand the development of Platonic philosophy at the end of antiquity"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

Notes on Contributors

Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 2 Olympiodorus and Greco-Alexandrian Alchemy

Chapter 3 The Life of Plato in Introductory Schemes: The Preface to Olympiodorus' Commentary on the First Alcibiades (in Alc. 1.1-3.2)

Chapter 4 Olympiodorus on the Scale of Virtues

Chapter 5 Olympiodorus' Notion of αἴσθησις and Its Historical Context

Chapter 6 The Virtue of Double Ignorance in Olympiodorus

Chapter 7 Olympiodorus' View of Civic Self-Knowledge

Chapter 8 The Neoplatonists Hermias and Olympiodorus on Plato's Theory of Rhetoric

Chapter 9 Reconciling Philosophy with Poetry: Olympiodorus' Interpretation of the Gorgias Myth

Chapter 10 Olympiodorus on Drama

Chapter 11 Special Kinds of Platonic Discourse: Does Olympiodorus Have a New Approach?

Chapter 12 Olympiodorus, Christianity, and Metensomatosis

Index Locorum

General Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-46670-3

OCLC:

1252739594