Olympiodorus: Life of Plato and On Plato First Alcibiades 1–9
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Olympiodorus (AD c. 500–570 CE) was one of the latest non-Christian teachers of pagan philosophy in Alexandria.
Michael Griffin is Assistant Professor of Classics and Philosophy at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
[Olympiodorus' <i>Alcibiades</i> commentary] has remained untranslated since the appearance of the critical edition nearly sixty years ago. [This volume] is thus a step towards filling a definite gap in the scholarship ... The book will be helpful to anyone interested in Olympiodorus' commentary who is more comfortable reading English than Greek.
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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.
Conventions
Textual Emendations
Introduction
Translator's Note
Translation
Notes
Select Bibliography
English-Greek Glossary
Greek-English Index
Index of Names
Subject Index
The Ancient Commentators on Aristotle series is a prestigious scholarly project, which translates into English the principal works of the Neoplatonist commentators on Aristotle. The translation in each volume is accompanied by an introduction, comprehensive commentary notes, bibliography, glossary of translated terms and a subject index.
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Olympiodorus (AD c. 500–570 CE) was one of the latest non-Christian teachers of pagan philosophy in Alexandria.
Michael Griffin is Assistant Professor of Classics and Philosophy at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.