Olympiodorus: On Plato First Alcibiades 10û28 (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: Michael Griffin, Richard Sorabji
• | Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• | Publication Date: Oct 19, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 240 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback/Philosophy
• | ISBN-10: 1350052221
• | ISBN-13: 9781350052222