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Author Olympiodorus, the Younger, of Alexandria, active 6th century, author

Title Olympiodorus On Plato : First Alcibiades, 10-28 / translated by Michael Griffin
Edition Paperback-Edition first published
Published London, England : Bloomsbury, 2020
London, England : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 231 pages)
Series Ancient commentators on Aristotle
Ancient commentators on Aristotle
Contents Cover page; Halftitle page; Ancient Commentators on Aristotle; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Preface; Conventions; Abbreviations; Introduction1; 1. Olympiodorus' life and society; 2. Philosophical excellence and the philosophical curriculum; Pre-philosophical excellence: (1) natural and (2) habituated; Philosophical excellence: (3) civic, (4) purificatory, (5) contemplative; Excellence beyond philosophy: (6) exemplary and (7) inspired; Summary; 3. The Platonic curriculum and the Alcibiades: from natural gifts to civic responsibility; 4. Olympiodorus' lectures On the Alcibiades
Appendix Olympiodorus' worksUncertain attributions; Notes; Textual Emendations; Translation; Notes; Bibliography; English-Greek Glossary; Greek-English Index; Index of Passages Cited; Index of Names and Places; Subject Index
Summary Olympiodorus' life and society -- Philosophical excellence and the philosophical curriculum -- Pre-philosophical excellence: (1) natural and (2) habituated -- Philosophical excellence: (3) civic, (4) purificatory, (5) contemplative -- Excellence beyond philosophy: (6) inspired [and (7) hieratic] -- Summary -- The Platonic curriculum and the Alcibiades: from natural gifts to civic responsibility -- Olympiodorus' lectures on the Alcibiades -- Appendix: Olympiodorus' works -- Uncertain attributions -- Textual emendations -- Translation -- Bibliography -- English-Greek glossary -- Greek-English index -- Index of passages cited -- Index of names and places -- Subject index
Notes Originally published: 2016
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-197), English-Greek glossary, appendix, and indexes
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Subject Plato. Alcibiades I.
Olympiodorus, the Younger, of Alexandria, active 6th century.
SUBJECT Olympiodorus, the Younger, of Alexandria, active 6th century fast
Alcibiades I (Plato) fast
Subject Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500.
Form Electronic book
Author Griffin, Michael J. (Michael James), 1982- translator
ISBN 9781474297578
1474297579
9781472584007
1472584007
Other Titles In Platonis Alcibiadem commentarii