Olympiodorus On Plato : : First Alcibiades, 10-28 / / translated by Michael Griffin.

Olympiodorus' life and society -- Philosophical excellence and the philosophical curriculum -- Pre-philosophical excellence: (1) natural and (2) habituated -- Philosophical excellence: (3) civic, (4) purificatory, (5) contemplative -- Excellence beyond philosophy: (6) inspired [and (7) hieratic...

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Superior document:Ancient commentators on Aristotle
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Place / Publishing House:London, England : : Bloomsbury,, 2020.
London, England : : Bloomsbury Publishing,, 2020
Year of Publication:2020
Edition:Paperback-edition first published.
Language:English
Series:Ancient commentators on Aristotle
Physical Description:1 online resource (241 p.)
Notes:Originally published: 2016.
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover page; Halftitle page; Ancient Commentators on Aristotle; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Preface; Conventions; Abbreviations; Introduction1; 1. Olympiodorus' life and society; 2. Philosophical excellence and the philosophical curriculum; Pre-philosophical excellence: (1) natural and (2) habituated; Philosophical excellence: (3) civic, (4) purificatory, (5) contemplative; Excellence beyond philosophy: (6) exemplary and (7) inspired; Summary; 3. The Platonic curriculum and the Alcibiades: from natural gifts to civic responsibility; 4. Olympiodorus' lectures On the Alcibiades
  • Appendix Olympiodorus' worksUncertain attributions; Notes; Textual Emendations; Translation; Notes; Bibliography; English-Greek Glossary; Greek-English Index; Index of Passages Cited; Index of Names and Places; Subject Index