Special Kinds of Platonic Discourse: Does Olympiodorus Have a New Approach?

Harold Tarrant

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Pages:: 206–220

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004466708_012

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The beginning of the Alcibiades commentary mentions four different ‘inspirations’ (enthousiasmoi) which are to be found in Plato’s dialogues. These passages of elevated discourse have in the past been interpreted in terms of the intellectual and/or ethical level at which these ‘inspirations’ operate. This chapter, however, explores the possibility that Olympiodorus is concerned rather with kinds of inspiring discourse that we meet in particular passages of Platonic works, explaining them in terms of different higher voices that Plato’s protagonists adopt. This is probably dependent on a reading of the Phaedrus, and marks an important shift in analyzing such passages compared to Olympiodorus’ predecessors.

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Olympiodorus of Alexandria

Exegete, Teacher, Platonic Philosopher

Series: Philosophia Antiqua, Volume: 159

E-Book ISBN:: 9789004466708

Publisher:: Brill

Print Publication Date:: 21 Jun 2021

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