The Platonic Alcibiades I

François Renaud is a Professor of Philosophy at the Université de Moncton (New Brunswick). He has published mostly on Plato, Platonic interpretation both in Antiquity and in modern times, and Plato's Socratic legacy. His major publications include Hermeneutic Philosophy and Plato: Gadamer's Response to the Philebus (co-edited with Christopher Gill, 2010). Harold Tarrant is Emeritus Professor at the University of Newcastle, Australia, where he was Professor of Classics for several years. He has authored or co-authored several books relating to ancient Platonism from Plato through to Olympiodorus, and has also co-edited several volumes, the latest being The Neoplatonic Socrates (with Danielle A. Layne, 2014).

• Part I. The Dialogue: Introduction; 1. The Alcibiades I and its issues; Part II. Reception in Antiquity: 2. Prereception and early reception; 3. Neoplatonist reception to Proclus; 4. Olympiodorus; Part III. The Dialogue Revisited: 5. Reflections on our ancient journey.

'The book is furnished with an appropriate bibliography and two indices. It is a fine work of scholarship.' Peter Lautner, Bryn Mawr Classical Review