The Neoplatonic Socrates

Published by University of Pennsylvania Press 2014

The Neoplatonic Socrates

Edited by: Danielle A. Layne and Harold Tarrant

https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812210002

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The Neoplatonic Socrates explores the portrait of the great philosopher as developed by the Platonists in the first six centuries C.E. and examines Neoplatonic attitudes toward themes relevant to the contemporary studies of Socrates.

Author / Editor information

Danielle A. Layne teaches philosophy at Gonzaga University. Harold Tarrant is Conjoint Professor of Classics at the University of Newcastle, Australia, and author of Plato's First Interpreters.

Reviews

"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

"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

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Introduction Danielle A. Layne and Harold Tarrant Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter 1. Socratic Love in Neoplatonism Geert Roskam Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	21
Chapter 2. Plutarch and Apuleius on Socrates’ Daimonion John F. Finamore Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	36
Chapter 3. The Daimonion of Socrates: Daimones and Divination in Neoplatonism Crystal Addey Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	51
Chapter 4. Socrates in the Neoplatonic Psychology of Hermias Christina-Panagiota Manolea Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	73
Chapter 5. The Character of Socrates and the Good of Dialogue Form: Neoplatonic Hermeneutics Danielle A. Layne Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	80
Chapter 6. Hypostasizing Socrates Michael Griffin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	97
Chapter 7. Socratic Character: Proclus on the Function of Erotic Intellect James M. Ambury Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	109
Chapter 8. The Elenctic Strategies of Socrates: The Alcibiades I and the Commentary of Olympiodorus François Renaud Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	118
Chapter 9. Akrasia and Enkrateia in Simplicius’s Commentary on Epictetus’s Encheiridion Marilynn Lawrence Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	127
Chapter 10. The Many-Voiced Socrates: Neoplatonist Sensitivity to Socrates’ Change of Register Harold Tarrant Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	143
Conclusion Danielle A. Layne and Harold Tarrant Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	163
Appendix: The Reception of Socrates in Late Antiquity: Authors, Texts, and Notable References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	167
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	179
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	229
Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	245
General Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	249
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	255

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Language: English
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 264
Keywords: Classics; Philosophy; Ancient Studies

eBook

Published: July 14, 2014
ISBN: 9780812210002