Olympiodorus: Life of Plato and On Plato First Alcibiades 1–9

This Open Access book looks at Olympiodorus (AD c. 500–570), possibly the last non-Christian teacher of philosophy in Alexandria, who delivered these lectures as an introduction to Plato with a biography. For us, they can serve as an accessible introduction to late Neoplatonism. Olympiodorus locates...

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description This Open Access book looks at Olympiodorus (AD c. 500–570), possibly the last non-Christian teacher of philosophy in Alexandria, who delivered these lectures as an introduction to Plato with a biography. For us, they can serve as an accessible introduction to late Neoplatonism. Olympiodorus locates the First Alcibiades at the start of the curriculum on Plato, because it is about self-knowledge. His pupils are beginners, able to approach the hierarchy of philosophical virtues, like the aristocratic playboy Alcibiades. Alcibiades needs to know himself, at least as an individual with particular actions, before he can reach the virtues of mere civic interaction. As Olympiodorus addresses mainly Christian students, he tells them that the different words they use are often symbols of truths shared between their faiths. The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by The University of British Columbia.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1016412025-01-24T14:49:34Z Olympiodorus: Life of Plato and On Plato First Alcibiades 1–9 Griffin, Michael Ethics and moral philosophy Ancient philosophy thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy::QDH Philosophical traditions and schools of thought::QDHA Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy::QDT Topics in philosophy::QDTQ Ethics and moral philosophy This Open Access book looks at Olympiodorus (AD c. 500–570), possibly the last non-Christian teacher of philosophy in Alexandria, who delivered these lectures as an introduction to Plato with a biography. For us, they can serve as an accessible introduction to late Neoplatonism. Olympiodorus locates the First Alcibiades at the start of the curriculum on Plato, because it is about self-knowledge. His pupils are beginners, able to approach the hierarchy of philosophical virtues, like the aristocratic playboy Alcibiades. Alcibiades needs to know himself, at least as an individual with particular actions, before he can reach the virtues of mere civic interaction. As Olympiodorus addresses mainly Christian students, he tells them that the different words they use are often symbols of truths shared between their faiths. The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by The University of British Columbia. 2023-07-19T08:37:47Z 2023-07-19T08:37:47Z 2023-07-04T12:40:14Z 2014 book ONIX_20230704_9781472588326_5 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/63751 9781472588326 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/101641 eng Ancient Commentators on Aristotle open access image/jpeg image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/63751/1/9781472588326.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/63751/1/9781472588326.pdf Bloomsbury Academic Bloomsbury Academic f75587da-2374-4722-9d42-9fffa7fa3f92 9781472588326 Bloomsbury Academic 256 London open access
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Olympiodorus: Life of Plato and On Plato First Alcibiades 1–9
title Olympiodorus: Life of Plato and On Plato First Alcibiades 1–9
title_full Olympiodorus: Life of Plato and On Plato First Alcibiades 1–9
title_fullStr Olympiodorus: Life of Plato and On Plato First Alcibiades 1–9
title_full_unstemmed Olympiodorus: Life of Plato and On Plato First Alcibiades 1–9
title_short Olympiodorus: Life of Plato and On Plato First Alcibiades 1–9
title_sort olympiodorus life of plato and on plato first alcibiades 1 9
topic Ethics and moral philosophy
Ancient philosophy
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