Author : Dirk Baltzly
Publisher : Bristol Classical Press
ISBN 13 : 9780715634554
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Reading Plato in Antiquity by : Dirk Baltzly
Download or read book Reading Plato in Antiquity written by Dirk Baltzly and published by Bristol Classical Press. This book was released on 2006-06-22 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.