Francois Renaud

Platonic Alcibiades I (eBook, ePUB)

The Dialogue and its Ancient Reception

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Although it was influential for several hundred years after it first appeared, doubts about the authenticity of the Platonic Alcibiades I have unnecessarily impeded its interpretation ever since. It positions itself firmly within the Platonic and Socratic traditions, and should therefore be approached in the same way as most other Platonic dialogues. It paints a vivid portrait of a Socrates in his late thirties tackling the unrealistic ambitions of the youthful Alcibiades, urging him to come to know himself and to care for himself. Francois Renaud and Harold Tarrant re-examine the drama and philosophy of Alcibiades I with an eye on those interpreters who cherished it most. Modern scholars regularly play down one or more of the religious, erotic, philosophic or dramatic aspects of the dialogue, so ancient Platonist interpreters are given special consideration. This rich study will interest a wide range of readers in ancient philosophy.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. September 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781316389614
• Artikelnr.: 52994080

Autorenporträt

François Renaud is a Professor of Philosophy at the Université de Moncton (New Brunswick). He has published mostly on Plato, Platonic interpretation both in Antiquity and in modern times, and Plato's Socratic legacy. His major publications include Hermeneutic Philosophy and Plato: Gadamer's Response to the Philebus (co-edited with Christopher Gill, 2010).

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. The Dialogue: Introduction
1. The Alcibiades I and its issues
Part II. Reception in Antiquity: 2. Prereception and early reception
3. Neoplatonist reception to Proclus
4. Olympiodorus
Part III. The Dialogue Revisited: 5. Reflections on our ancient journey.