Olympiodorus: On Plato First Alcibiades 10–28 (Ancient Commentators On Aristotle)

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

• | Author: Olympiodorus, Michael Griffin
• | Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• | Publication Date: Apr 07, 2016
• | Number of Pages: 240 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover/Philosophy
• | ISBN-10: 147258399X
• | ISBN-13: 9781472583994