Neoplatonic Socrates

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Today the name Socrates invokes a powerful idealization of wisdom and nobility that would surprise many of his contemporaries, who excoriated the philosopher for corrupting youth. The problem of who Socrates "really" was-the true history of his activities and beliefs-has long been thought insoluble, and most recent Socratic studies have instead focused on reconstructing his legacy and tracing his ideas through other philosophical traditions. But this scholarship has neglected to examine closely a period of philosophy that has much to reveal about what Socrates stood for and how he taught: the Neoplatonic tradition of the first six centuries C.E., which at times decried or denied his importance yet relied on his methods.In The Neoplatonic Socrates, leading scholars in classics and philosophy address this gap by examining Neoplatonic attitudes toward the Socratic method, Socratic love, Socrates's divine mission and moral example, and the much-debated issue of moral rectitude. Collectively, they demonstrate the importance of Socrates for the majority of Neoplatonists, a point that has often been questioned owing to the comparative neglect of surviving commentaries on the Alcibiades, Gorgias, Phaedo, and Phaedrus, in favor of dialogues dealing explicitly with metaphysical issues. Supplemented with a contextualizing introduction and a substantial appendix detailing where evidence for Socrates can be found in the extant literature, The Neoplatonic Socrates makes a clear case for the significant place Socrates held in the education and philosophy of late antiquity.Contributors: Crystal Addey, James M. Ambury, John F. Finamore, Michael Griffin, Marilynn Lawrence, Danielle A. Layne, Christina-Panagiota Manolea, FranÇois Renaud, Geert Roskam, Harold Tarrant.

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Utgivningsdatum2014-08-21
Mått152 x 229 x undefined mm
Vikt554 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor264
FörlagUniversity of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN9780812246292

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Introduction-Danielle A. Layne and Harold TarrantChapter 1. Socratic Love in Neoplatonism-Geert RoskamChapter 2. Plutarch and Apuleius on Socrates' Daimonion-John F. FinamoreChapter 3. The Daimonion of Socrates: Daimones and Divination in Neoplatonism-Crystal AddeyChapter 4. Socrates in the Neoplatonic Psychology of Hermias-Christina-Panagiota ManoleaChapter 5. The Character of Socrates and the Good of Dialogue Form: Neoplatonic Hermeneutics-Danielle A. LayneChapter 6. Hypostasizing Socrates-Michael GriffinChapter 7. Socratic Character: Proclus on the Function of Erotic Intellect-James M. AmburyChapter 8. The Elenctic Strategies of Socrates: The Alcibiades I and the Commentary of Olympiodorus-FranÇois RenaudChapter 9. Akrasia and Enkrateia in Simplicius's Commentary on Epictetus's Encheiridion-Marilynn LawrenceChapter 10. The Many-Voiced Socrates: Neoplatonist Sensitivity to Socrates' Change of Register-Harold TarrantConclusion-Danielle A. Layne and Harold TarrantAppendix: The Reception of Socrates in Late Antiquity: Authors, Texts, and Notable ReferencesNotesBibliographyList of ContributorsIndexAcknowledgments

"This volume, full of scholarly, well-written, and helpful articles, is a must for those interested in Socratic and Platonic studies, ancient hermeneutics and ethics, Neoplatonism, and the critical history of ancient philosophy." (Journal of the History of Philosophy) "A welcome addition to growing scholarly interests in Neoplatonism and Socratic studies. These essays open up the fascinating world of how later Platonists read the dialogues and allow us to glimpse the Socratic dialogues in a way that defamiliarizes them, yielding a substantially new view of Socrates from prevailing modern analytic tendencies." (Sara Ahbel-Rappe, University of Michigan) "An invaluable contribution to Neoplatonic studies. Through the eyes of later Neoplatonists and in an appropriate scholarly and rigorous manner, it reconsiders and frequently challenges current trends in the study of the Socratic problem and the role of Socrates in the Platonic tradition. [Even though] the volume is centered on later Neoplatonic thinkers, the various essays also encourage a reexamination of the reception of Socrates in Middle Platonists and early Neoplatonists such as Plutarch, Plotinus and Porphyry, and they may well trigger a rethinking of our own image of Socrates." (Bryn Mawr Classical Review)