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Olympiodorus of Alexandria
Exegete, Teacher, Platonic Philosopher
Series: - Philosophia Antiqua, Volume: 159
Volume Editor:
This is the first collected volume dedicated to the work of the 6th-century CE philosopher Olympiodorus of Alexandria. His Platonic commentaries are rare witnesses to ancient views on Platoâs Socratic works. As a pagan, Olympiodorus entertained a complex relationship with his predominantly Christian surroundings. The contributors address his profile as a Platonic philosopher, the ways he did and did not adapt his teaching to his Christian audience, his reflections on philosophical exegesis and communication and his thinking on self-cognition. The volume as a whole helps us understand the development of Platonic philosophy at the end of antiquity.
Albert Joosse, PhD, is lecturer and researcher at the universities of Groningen and Utrecht. His work focuses on Plato and the Platonic tradition.
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Notes on Contributors
1 Introduction
âAlbert Joosse
2 Olympiodorus and Greco-Alexandrian Alchemy
âCristina Viano
3 The Life of Plato in Introductory Schemes: The Preface to Olympiodorusâ Commentary on the First Alcibiades (in Alc 1.1â3.2)
âAnna Motta
4 Olympiodorus on the Scale of Virtues
âMichael J. Griffin
5 Olympiodorusâ Notion of αἴÏθηÏÎ¹Ï and Its Historical Context
âPéter Lautner
6 The Virtue of Double Ignorance in Olympiodorus
âDanielle A. Layne
7 Olympiodorusâ View of Civic Self-Knowledge
âAlbert Joosse
8 The Neoplatonists Hermias and Olympiodorus on Platoâs Theory of Rhetoric
âBettina Bohle
9 Reconciling Philosophy with Poetry: Olympiodorusâ Interpretation of the Gorgias Myth
âFrançois Renaud
10 Olympiodorus on Drama
âAnne Sheppard
11 Special Kinds of Platonic Discourse: Does Olympiodorus Have a New Approach?
âHarold Tarrant
12 Olympiodorus, Christianity, and Metensomatosis
âSimon Fortier
Index Locorum
General Index
Abbreviations
Notes on Contributors
1 Introduction
âAlbert Joosse
2 Olympiodorus and Greco-Alexandrian Alchemy
âCristina Viano
3 The Life of Plato in Introductory Schemes: The Preface to Olympiodorusâ Commentary on the First Alcibiades (in Alc 1.1â3.2)
âAnna Motta
4 Olympiodorus on the Scale of Virtues
âMichael J. Griffin
5 Olympiodorusâ Notion of αἴÏθηÏÎ¹Ï and Its Historical Context
âPéter Lautner
6 The Virtue of Double Ignorance in Olympiodorus
âDanielle A. Layne
7 Olympiodorusâ View of Civic Self-Knowledge
âAlbert Joosse
8 The Neoplatonists Hermias and Olympiodorus on Platoâs Theory of Rhetoric
âBettina Bohle
9 Reconciling Philosophy with Poetry: Olympiodorusâ Interpretation of the Gorgias Myth
âFrançois Renaud
10 Olympiodorus on Drama
âAnne Sheppard
11 Special Kinds of Platonic Discourse: Does Olympiodorus Have a New Approach?
âHarold Tarrant
12 Olympiodorus, Christianity, and Metensomatosis
âSimon Fortier
Index Locorum
General Index
All interested in Neoplatonism, the interpretation of Platonic dialogues, the history of Late Antiquity and the history of religious toleration.