| Reading Plato in Antiquity Contributor(s): Baltzly, Dirk (Editor), Tarrant, Harold (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0715634550 ISBN-13: 9780715634554 Publisher: Bristol Classical Press OUR PRICE: $217.80 Product Type: Hardcover Published: June 2006 Annotation: This important collection of original essays is the first to concentrate at length on how the ancients responded to the challenge of reading and interpreting Plato, primarily between 100 BC and AD 600. It incorporates the fruits of recent research into late antique philosophy, in particular its approach to hermeneutical problems. While a number of prominent figures, including Apuleius, Galen, Plotinus, Porphyry and Iamblichus, receive detailed attention, several essays concentrate on the important figure of Proclus, in whom Neoplatonic interpretation of Plato reaches its most impressive, most surprising and most challenging form. Contributors: Hayden Ausland; Luc Brisson; Tim Buckley; John Cleary; John Dillon; John Finamore; Lloyd Gerson; Marije Martijn; Ken Parry; John Phillips; Julius Rocca; Richard Sorabji; Atsushi Sumi. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | History & Surveys - Ancient & Classical |
| Dewey: 184 |
| Physical Information: 0.47" H x 6.56" W x 9.24" (1.00 lbs) 278 pages |
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| Publisher Description: This important collection of original essays is the first to concentrate at length on how the ancients responded to the challenge of reading and interpreting Plato, primarily between 100 BC and AD, edited by Lloyd Gerson, University of Toronto; 600. It incorporates the fruits of recent research into late antique philosophy, in particular its approach to hermeneutical problems. While a number of prominent figures, including Apuleius, Galen, Plotinus, Porphyry and lamblichus, receive detailed attention, several essays concentrate on the important figure of Proclus, in whom Neoplatonic interpretation of Plato reaches it most impressive, most surprising and most challenging form. The essays appear in chronological of their focal interpreters, giving a sense of the development of Platonist exegesis in this period. Reflecting their devotion to a common theme, the essays have been carefully edited and are presented with a composite bibliography and indices. |