Reading plato in antiquity edited by Harold Tarrant and Dirk Baltzly.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Tarrant, Harold, editor.

Baltzly, Dirk, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy, Ancient.

Platonists.

Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 268 pages)

Place of Publication:

London Bristol Classical Press 2012.

Summary:

"This important collection of original essays is the first to concentrate on how the ancients responded to the challenge of reading and interpreting Plato, primarily between 100 BC and AD 600. It incorporates the fruits of recent research into late antique philosophy, in particular its approach to hermeneutic problems. While a number of prominent figures, including Apuleius, Galen, Plotinus, Porphyry and Iamblichus, receive detailed attention, several essays concentrate on the important figure of Proclus who provides the theme for the jacket of this book, with his characterisation of the true interpreters of Plato's philosophy as a chorus of Bacchants. The essays appear in the chronological order of their focal interpreters, giving a sense of the development of Platonist exegesis in this period. Reflecting their devotion to a common theme, the essays have been selected and are presented with a composite bibliography and indices."--Bloomsbury Publishing

This important collection of original essays is the first to concentrate on how the ancients responded to the challenge of reading and interpreting Plato, primarily between 100 BC and AD 600. It incorporates the fruits of recent research into late antique philosophy, in particular its approach to hermeneutic problems. While a number of prominent figures, including Apuleius, Galen, Plotinus, Porphyry and Iamblichus, receive detailed attention, several essays concentrate on the important figure of Proclus who provides the theme for the jacket of this book, with his characterisation of the true interpreters of Plato's philosophy as a chorus of Bacchants. The essays appear in the chronological order of their focal interpreters, giving a sense of the development of Platonist exegesis in this period. Reflecting their devotion to a common theme, the essays have been selected and are presented with a composite bibliography and indices. Contributors: Hayden Ausland, University of Montana, USA; Dirk Baltzly, Monash University, Australia; Luc Brisson, CNRS Paris, France; Tim Buckley, University of Sydney, Australia; John Cleary, NUI Maynooth, Ireland; John Dillon, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland; John Finamore, University of Iowa, USA; Lloyd Gerson, University of Toronto, Canada; Marije Martijn, University of Leiden, the Netherlands; Ken Parry, Macquarie University, Australia; John Phillips, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, USA; Julius Rocca, University of Birmingham, UK; Richard Sorabji, Wolfson College, Oxford, UK; Atsushi Sumi, Hanazono University, Kyoto, Japan; Harold Tarrant, University of Newcastle, Australia.

Contents:

List of Contributors

Acknowledgements

Introduction , Harold Tarrant & Dirk Baltzly

1. Platonic interpretation and eclectic theory, Harold Tarrant

2. Pedantry and pedestrianism? Some reflections on the Middle Platonic commentary tradition , John Dillon

3. Apuleius on the Platonic gods, John F. Finamore

4. 'Plato will tell you': Galen's use of the Phaedrus in De Placitis Hippocratis et Platonis IX, Julius Rocca

5. Platonists on the origin of evil, John Phillips

6. The species infima as the infinite: Timaeus 39e7-9 Parmenides 144b4-c1 and Philebus 16e1-2 in Plotinus Ennead VI.2.22 73, Atsushi Sumi

7. The doctrine of the degrees of virtues in the Neoplatonists: an analysis of Porphyry's Sentence , its antecedents, and its heritage, Luc Brisson

8. The mathematics of justice , Hayden W. Ausland

9. A historical cycle of hermeneutics in Proclus' Platonic Theology, Tim Buckley

10. Proclus as a reader of Plato's Timaeus, John J. Cleary

11. The eikôs mythos in Proclus' commentary on the Timaeus, Marije Martijn

12. Pathways to purification: the cathartic virtues in the Neoplatonic commentary tradition , Dirk Baltzly

13. The transformation of Plato and Aristotle, Richard Sorabji

14. The harmony of Plato and Aristotle according to Neoplatonism , Lloyd P. Gerson

15. Reading Proclus Diadochus in Byzantium , Ken Parry

Bibliography

Indices

Index Locorum

Index of Ancient Names

Index of Modern Names

Index of Selected Topics

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

ISBN:

9781472597823

1472597826

OCLC:

908698676