Death and immortality in late Neoplatonism : studies on the ancient commentaries on Plato's Phaedo / / by Sebastian Ramon Philipp Gertz.

The belief in the immortality of the soul has been described as one of the “twin pillars of Platonism” and is famously defended by Socrates in Plato’s Phaedo . The ancient commentaries on the dialogue by Olympiodorus and Damascius offer a unique perspective on the reception of this belief in the Pla...

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Superior document:Ancient mediterranean and medieval texts and contexts
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Year of Publication:2011
Language:English
Series:Medieval philosophy, mathematics, and science.
Studies in Platonism, Neoplatonism, and the Platonic tradition ; v. 12.
Physical Description:1 online resource (236 p.)
Notes:Index Locorum Potiorum.
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