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Ancient Readings of Platoâs Phaedo
Series: - Philosophia Antiqua, Volume: 140
Platoâs Phaedo has never failed to attract the attention of philosophers and scholars. Yet the history of its reception in Antiquity has been little studied. The present volume therefore proposes to examine not only the Platonic exegetical tradition surrounding this dialogue, which culminates in the commentaries of Damascius and Olympiodorus, but also its place in the reflections of the rival Peripatetic, Stoic, and Sceptical schools.
This volume thus aims to shed light on the surviving commentaries and their sources, as well as on less familiar aspects of the history of the Phaedoâs ancient reception. By doing so, it may help to clarify what ancient interpreters of Plato can and cannot offer their contemporary counterparts.
This volume thus aims to shed light on the surviving commentaries and their sources, as well as on less familiar aspects of the history of the Phaedoâs ancient reception. By doing so, it may help to clarify what ancient interpreters of Plato can and cannot offer their contemporary counterparts.
Sylvain Delcomminette, PhD, is Professor of Ancient Philosophy at the Université Libre de Bruxelles. He has written monographs on Platoâs Statesman (Brussels, 2000) and Philebus (Leiden, 2006) and is currently working on the topic of necessity in Aristotle.
Pieter dâHoine, PhD, is Assistant Professor of Ancient Philosophy and Intellectual History at the De Wulf â Mansion Centre for Ancient, Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy (KU Leuven). His main area of research is later Neoplatonic metaphysics.
Marc-Antoine Gavray, PhD, is Research Associate of the National Fund for Scientific Research (Belgium). He teaches Ancient Philosophy at the Université de Liège. He works on the Sophists, on Plato and on late Neoplatonism (mainly Damascius and Simplicius).
Contributors are: Francesca Alesse, Han Baltussen, Riccardo Chiaradonna, Lorenzo Corti, Sylvain Delcomminette, Bram Demulder, Marc-Antoine Gavray, Sebastian Gertz, Pieter dâHoine, Alain Lernould, Geert Roskam, Harold Tarrant, Franco Trabattoni, and Gerd Van Riel.
Pieter dâHoine, PhD, is Assistant Professor of Ancient Philosophy and Intellectual History at the De Wulf â Mansion Centre for Ancient, Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy (KU Leuven). His main area of research is later Neoplatonic metaphysics.
Marc-Antoine Gavray, PhD, is Research Associate of the National Fund for Scientific Research (Belgium). He teaches Ancient Philosophy at the Université de Liège. He works on the Sophists, on Plato and on late Neoplatonism (mainly Damascius and Simplicius).
Contributors are: Francesca Alesse, Han Baltussen, Riccardo Chiaradonna, Lorenzo Corti, Sylvain Delcomminette, Bram Demulder, Marc-Antoine Gavray, Sebastian Gertz, Pieter dâHoine, Alain Lernould, Geert Roskam, Harold Tarrant, Franco Trabattoni, and Gerd Van Riel.
"Just as it is impossible to do justice to every aspect of Phaedoâs influence in antiquity, it is also impossible to do justice to the rich array of insights on offer in this volume ⦠a must have for any serious student of the dialogue." â Donka D. Markus, University of Michigan, in: The International Journal of the Platonic Tradition 11 (2017)
"The ground covered is immense ⦠the variety of approaches of the contributing authors, some writing in close focus others with a broader palette, has succeeded in producing important general conclusions that are always based on sound and detailed evidence. The volumeâs usefulness is also enhanced by an extensive bibliography and three comprehensive indices: locorum, rerum and nominum." â Andrew Smith, University College Dublin, in: Journal of Hellenic Studies 137 (2017)
"The ground covered is immense ⦠the variety of approaches of the contributing authors, some writing in close focus others with a broader palette, has succeeded in producing important general conclusions that are always based on sound and detailed evidence. The volumeâs usefulness is also enhanced by an extensive bibliography and three comprehensive indices: locorum, rerum and nominum." â Andrew Smith, University College Dublin, in: Journal of Hellenic Studies 137 (2017)
Contents
List of Contributors
Introduction
Sylvain Delcomminette, Pieter dâHoine and Marc-Antoine Gavray
Aristote et le Phédon
Sylvain Delcomminette
Strato of Lampsacus as a Reader of Platoâs Phaedo: His Critique of the Soulâs Immortality
Han Baltussen
Le Phédon dans le Stoïcisme hellénistique et post-hellénistique
Francesca Alesse
Sextus, the Number Two and the Phaedo
Lorenzo Corti
Plutarchâs Reception of Platoâs Phaedo
Geert Roskam
The Phaedo in Numenian Allegorical Interpretation
Harold Tarrant
Plotin lecteur du Phédon: lââme et la vie en iv 7 [2] 11
Riccardo Chiaradonna
Syrianus and the Phaedo
Pieter dâHoine
Damascius, Olympiodore et Proclus sur les attributs «divin» (θεá¿Î¿Î½) et «intelligible» (νοηÏόν) en Phédon 80a10âb1 dans lâargument dit «de la similitude»
Alain Lernould
From âImmortalâ to âImperishableâ: Damascius on the Final Argument in Platoâs Phaedo
Sebastian Gertz
La théorie de lââme-harmonie chez les commentateurs anciens
Franco Trabattoni
«Nombreux sont les porteurs de thyrse, mais rares les Bacchants». Olympiodore et Damascius sur le Phédon
Bram Demulder et Gerd Van Riel
Au terme dâune tradition: Simplicius, lecteur du Phédon
Marc-Antoine Gavray
Bibliography
Index locorum
Index nominum
Index rerum
List of Contributors
Introduction
Sylvain Delcomminette, Pieter dâHoine and Marc-Antoine Gavray
Aristote et le Phédon
Sylvain Delcomminette
Strato of Lampsacus as a Reader of Platoâs Phaedo: His Critique of the Soulâs Immortality
Han Baltussen
Le Phédon dans le Stoïcisme hellénistique et post-hellénistique
Francesca Alesse
Sextus, the Number Two and the Phaedo
Lorenzo Corti
Plutarchâs Reception of Platoâs Phaedo
Geert Roskam
The Phaedo in Numenian Allegorical Interpretation
Harold Tarrant
Plotin lecteur du Phédon: lââme et la vie en iv 7 [2] 11
Riccardo Chiaradonna
Syrianus and the Phaedo
Pieter dâHoine
Damascius, Olympiodore et Proclus sur les attributs «divin» (θεá¿Î¿Î½) et «intelligible» (νοηÏόν) en Phédon 80a10âb1 dans lâargument dit «de la similitude»
Alain Lernould
From âImmortalâ to âImperishableâ: Damascius on the Final Argument in Platoâs Phaedo
Sebastian Gertz
La théorie de lââme-harmonie chez les commentateurs anciens
Franco Trabattoni
«Nombreux sont les porteurs de thyrse, mais rares les Bacchants». Olympiodore et Damascius sur le Phédon
Bram Demulder et Gerd Van Riel
Au terme dâune tradition: Simplicius, lecteur du Phédon
Marc-Antoine Gavray
Bibliography
Index locorum
Index nominum
Index rerum
Everyone interested in ancient philosophy, the history of Platonism, the ancient commentary tradition, and the development of philosophical exegesis.