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4261807Olympiodorus: On Plato First Alcibiades 1028https://www.gandhi.com.mx/olympiodorus-on-plato-first-alcibiades-1028-9781472584007/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/3875096/f8a81ccd-27bf-417d-936b-5d06a7729a7f.jpg?v=638386007394430000760845MXNBloomsbury PublishingInStock/Ebooks/<p>This open access book looks at Olympiodorus (AD <em>c</em>. 500570), possibly the last non-Christian teacher of philosophy in Alexandria, who delivered 28 lectures as an introduction to Plato. This volume translates lectures 1028, following from the first nine lectures and a biography of the philosopher published in translation in a companion volume, <em>Olympiodorus: Life of Plato and On Plato First Alcibiades 19</em> (Bloomsbury, 2014).</p><p>For us, these lectures can serve as an accessible introduction to late Neoplatonism. Olympiodorus locates the <em>First Alcibiades</em> at the start of the curriculum on Plato, because it is about self-knowledge. His pupils are beginners, able to approach the hierarchy of philosophical virtues, like the aristocratic playboy Alcibiades. Alcibiades needs to know himself, at least as an individual with particular actions, before he can reach the virtues of mere civic interaction. As Olympiodorus addresses mainly Christian students, he tells them that the different words they use are often symbols of truths shared between their faiths.</p><p><em>The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by the University of British Columbia.</em></p>...4198020Olympiodorus: On Plato First Alcibiades 1028760845https://www.gandhi.com.mx/olympiodorus-on-plato-first-alcibiades-1028-9781472584007/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/3875096/f8a81ccd-27bf-417d-936b-5d06a7729a7f.jpg?v=638386007394430000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20169781472584007_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_<p>Olympiodorus (AD <em>c</em>. 500570), possibly the last non-Christian teacher of philosophy in Alexandria, delivered 28 lectures as an introduction to Plato. This volume translates lectures 1028, following from the first nine lectures and a biography of the philosopher published in translation in a companion volume, <em>Olympiodorus: Life of Plato and On Plato First Alcibiades 19</em> (Bloomsbury, 2014).</p><p>For us, these lectures can serve as an accessible introduction to late Neoplatonism. Olympiodorus locates the <em>First Alcibiades</em> at the start of the curriculum on Plato, because it is about self-knowledge. His pupils are beginners, able to approach the hierarchy of philosophical virtues, like the aristocratic playboy Alcibiades. Alcibiades needs to know himself, at least as an individual with particular actions, before he can reach the virtues of mere civic interaction. As Olympiodorus addresses mainly Christian students, he tells them that the different words they use are often symbols of truths shared between their faiths.</p>...9781472584007_Bloomsbury Publishinglibro_electonico_1dca7a63-c84a-358b-befd-854d1d45a3a1_9781472584007;9781472584007_9781472584007InglésMéxico2016-04-28T00:00:00+00:00Bloomsbury Publishing