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Book SynopsisThe Neoplatonic Socrates explores the portrait of the great philosopher as developed by the Platonists in the first six centuries C.E. and examines Neoplatonic attitudes toward themes relevant to the contemporary studies of Socrates.
Trade Review"This volume, full of scholarly, well-written, and helpful articles, is a must for those interested in Socratic and Platonic studies, ancient hermeneutics and ethics, Neoplatonism, and the critical history of ancient philosophy." *
Journal of the History of Philosophy *
"A welcome addition to growing scholarly interests in Neoplatonism and Socratic studies. These essays open up the fascinating world of how later Platonists read the dialogues and allow us to glimpse the Socratic dialogues in a way that defamiliarizes them, yielding a substantially new view of Socrates from prevailing modern analytic tendencies." * Sara Ahbel-Rappe, University of Michigan *
"An invaluable contribution to Neoplatonic studies. Through the eyes of later Neoplatonists and in an appropriate scholarly and rigorous manner, it reconsiders and frequently challenges current trends in the study of the Socratic problem and the role of Socrates in the Platonic tradition. [Even though] the volume is centered on later Neoplatonic thinkers, the various essays also encourage a reexamination of the reception of Socrates in Middle Platonists and early Neoplatonists such as Plutarch, Plotinus and Porphyry, and they may well trigger a rethinking of our own image of Socrates." *
Bryn Mawr Classical Review *
Table of ContentsIntroduction
—Danielle A. Layne and Harold Tarrant
Chapter 1. Socratic Love in Neoplatonism
—Geert Roskam
Chapter 2. Plutarch and Apuleius on Socrates' Daimonion
—John F. Finamore
Chapter 3. The Daimonion of Socrates: Daimones and Divination in Neoplatonism
—Crystal Addey
Chapter 4. Socrates in the Neoplatonic Psychology of Hermias
—Christina-Panagiota Manolea
Chapter 5. The Character of Socrates and the Good of Dialogue Form: Neoplatonic Hermeneutics
—Danielle A. Layne
Chapter 6. Hypostasizing Socrates
—Michael Griffin
Chapter 7. Socratic Character: Proclus on the Function of Erotic Intellect
—James M. Ambury
Chapter 8. The Elenctic Strategies of Socrates: The Alcibiades I and the Commentary of Olympiodorus
—François Renaud
Chapter 9. Akrasia and Enkrateia in Simplicius's Commentary on Epictetus's Encheiridion
—Marilynn Lawrence
Chapter 10. The Many-Voiced Socrates: Neoplatonist Sensitivity to Socrates' Change of Register
—Harold Tarrant
Conclusion
—Danielle A. Layne and Harold Tarrant
Appendix: The Reception of Socrates in Late Antiquity: Authors, Texts, and Notable References
Notes
Bibliography
List of Contributors
Index
Acknowledgments
