Neoplatonic pedagogy and the Alcibiades I : crafting the contemplative / James M. Ambury, King's College, Pennsylvania.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ambury, James M., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Proclus, approximately 410-485. Alcibiades I.

Proclus.

Olympiodorus, the Younger, of Alexandria, active 6th century. Scholia eis ton Platōnos Alkibiadēn.

Olympiodorus.

Plato. Alcibiades I.

Plato.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 238 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2024.

Summary:

"Bringing together both works to reveal a common vision of philosophy as it was understood in the lecture halls of late antiquity, this monograph is the only book-length study exclusively devoted to the reception of the Platonic dialogue Alcibiades I in the commentaries of Proclus (412-485 AD) and Olympiodorus (495-560 AD)"-- Provided by publisher

Contents:

Cover

Half-title

Title page

Imprints page

Dedication

Epigraph

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

List of Abbreviations

Introduction: Curriculum and Contemplative

Chapter 1 The Self-Knowledge Necessity: Opening Remarks

Chapter 2 Exalting Eros: Proem (103a1-106c2)

Socrates' First Speech

Alcibiades' First Reply and First Brief Exchange

Socrates' Second Speech

Alcibiades' Second Reply and Second Brief Exchange

Chapter 3 How Should I Live?: The Elenctic Section (106c3-119a7)

The First Syllogism: Shunning Surrender

The Second Syllogism: Withstanding Withdrawal

The Third Syllogism: Refusing Responsibility

The Fourth Syllogism: Obstructing One's Self

The Fifth Syllogism: Psychoparalytic Place

The Sixth Syllogism: Desiderative Dead End

The Seventh Syllogism: Borderlands Between

Chapter 4 What Do I Want?: The Protreptic Section (119a8-124a8)

The Eighth Syllogism: Erotic Intensification

Chapter 5 Who Am I?: The Maieutic Section (124a8-135e8)

The Ninth Syllogism: Agalmic Awareness

The Tenth Syllogism: Desire's Destination

Bibliography

Names Index

Passages Index

Subject Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9781009117975

1009117971

9781009118316

1009118315

9781009109963

1009109960