Brill's Companion to the Reception of Plato in Antiquity
Brill's Companion to the Reception of Plato in Antiquity demonstrates the variety of ways in which ancient readers responded to Plato, as author, as philosopher, and as leading intellectual light, from his own pupils until the sixth century CE.
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| Abstract | Brill's Companion to the Reception of Plato in Antiquity demonstrates the variety of ways in which ancient readers responded to Plato, as author, as philosopher, and as leading intellectual light, from his own pupils until the sixth century CE. |
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| TableOfContents | I Introduction: Syrianus' Exegetical Principles -- II yrianus on Plato's Phaedo: Textual Fidelity and Its Limits -- III Finding Symbols of Divine Orders in Plato's Parmenides and Philebus -- IV Allegory and Mythology in Plato's Timaeus -- V Conclusion -- VI Appendix: Syrianus on Plato: Testimonia of Syrianus -- Hermias: On Plato's Phaedrus -- I The Importance of the in Phaedrum -- II The skopos of the Phaedrus and Its Structure -- III Intertextual Links -- IV Socratic Expertise and Socratic Ignorance -- V The Nature and Purpose of Myth -- VI Written and Unwritten Plato -- VII Conclusion -- Proclus and the Authority of Plato -- I Diadochos and Teacher -- II Proclus' Works -- III Plato the Theologian -- IV Exegesis and the Modes of Teaching -- Damascius the Platonic Successor: Socratic Activity and Philosophy in the 6th Century CE -- I Introduction -- II Damascius in Context: Philosophy's "Extreme Old Age" -- III Damascius the Platonic Commentator -- IV The Problems and Solutions Concerning First Principles, a Socratic Treatise? -- The Anonymous Prolegomena to Platonic Philosophy -- I Introduction -- II The Life of Plato -- 1) Divine Kinship and Philosophical Superiority -- 2) Socrates and Skepticism -- III Writing and Dialogue Form -- 1) The Underlying Cause of Writing and the Unwritten Doctrines -- 2) Taxis -- 3) The Dialogue as a Microcosm -- Olympiodorus of Alexandria -- I Plato and the Platonic Curriculum -- II Works -- III Interpretation of Plato and Thought -- IV Conclusions -- Simplicius of Cilicia: Plato's Last Interpreter -- I Introduction -- II Simplicius' General Approach to Reading Plato -- III Specifics of Simplicius' Approach -- IV Simplicius on Misinterpreting Plato -- V Conclusion -- Conclusion -- Bibliography Theon of Smyrna: Re-thinking Platonic Mathematics in Middle Platonism -- I Nicomachus: "Platonically Orientated" Mathematics -- II Theon's Expositio and Platonic Mathematical Exegesis -- 1) Theon's Expositio -- 2) Other Technical Exegeses -- III Epilogue -- Cupid's Swan from the Academy (De Plat. 1.1, 183): Apuleius' Reception of Plato -- I By Way of Introduction: Methodological Orientation -- II A Quick Look at the Broad Outlines of Apuleius' Platonism -- 1) Eruditio -- 2) Ad bene vivendum -- 3) Ad bene dicendum -- III The Plato of Apuleius' Platonism -- Alcinous' Reception of Plato -- I Introduction -- II Alcinous on World-Generation -- III Alcinous' Psychology -- IV Conclusion -- Numenius: Portrait of a Platonicus -- I Realia -- II Identity -- III On the Good -- IV Myth and its exegesis -- V The Teacher -- VI The epigoni -- Galen and Middle Platonism: The Case of the Demiurge1 -- Introduction -- I -- II -- III -- IV -- V Conclusion -- Variations of Receptions of Plato during the Second Sophistic1 -- I The Greek Philosopher-Sophist Dio -- II The Literary Philosopher: Plutarch -- III The Greek Orator: Aristides -- IV The Satirist: Lucian -- V The Latin Sophist: Apuleius -- VI The Platonic Rhetor: Maximus -- VIII The Doctor: Galen -- IX The Greek Novelist: Longus -- X The New Rite: Justin Martyr and Clement109 -- XI Conclusion -- Introduction: Early Christianity and Late Antique Platonism -- Origen to Evagrius -- I The Background: Clement -- II Select Examples from Origen (with a Hint at Eusebius) -- III Select Points in Nyssen -- V Some Case Studies from Evagrius -- Sethian Gnostic Appropriations of Plato -- I Introduction -- II The Metaphysics of the Sethian Platonizing Treatises -- III Allogenes: A Major Sethian Gnostic Appropriation of Plato -- IV Further Instances of Sethian Appropriations of Plato's Dialogues -- 1) Intelligible Reality 2) The Modes of Being and Non-Being -- 3) Dialectic -- 4) The Ascent and Descent of the Soul -- 5) The Demiurge of the Timaeus and the Sethian Creator -- IV Conclusion -- Plotinus and Platonism -- I Introduction -- II -- III -- Porphyry -- I Introduction -- II Porphyry on Substance -- III Porphyry on Creation in the Timaeus -- IV Porphyry on Matter and Evil -- VI Porphyry on Fate, Providence and Free will -- VII Conclusion -- The Anonymous Commentary on the Parmenides -- Iamblichus, the Commentary Tradition, and the Soul -- I Iamblichus and the Platonic Commentaries -- II The Iamblichean Universe and the Place of Gods, Superior Classes, and Human Souls Within It -- III Iamblichus and the Position of Soul in the Platonic Universe -- IV Conclusion -- Amelius and Theodore of Asine -- I Evidential Prolegomenon -- II Platonic Commentators? -- III Their Engagement with Plato's Dialogues -- IV Plato and Others -- V Conclusions -- Plato's Political Dialogues in the Writings of Julian the Emperor -- I Julian's Image of Plato -- II Julian's Knowledge and Use of Plato's Dialogues -- III Julian's Use of Plato's Political Dialogues -- IV Conclusion -- Plato's Women Readers -- I Introduction -- II Methodology -- III Women in Plato's Academy -- IV Women Reading Plato in the Hellenistic and Roman Imperial Periods -- V Women Reading Plato in Late Antiquity: Neoplatonism -- 1) Women in the Circle of Plotinus and Porphyry -- 2) Women in Iamblichus' Circle and among His Philosophic Successors -- 3) Women in the Athenian School: Asclepigeneia -- 4) Women in the Alexandrian School: Hypatia -- VI Conclusion -- Calcidius -- I Calcidius' Identity3 -- II Calcidius' Sources -- III The Project -- IV Translation and Commentary -- Augustine's Plato -- I Augustine's "Handbook Plato" -- II Augustine's Sources -- Orthodoxy and Allegory: Syrianus' Metaphysical Hermeneutics Brill's Companion to the Reception of Plato in Antiquity -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Notes on Contributors -- Introduction -- I Preliminaries -- II Organization of This Volume -- Introduction: The Old Academy to Cicero -- I The Heirs of Plato -- II Aristotle and His School -- III The "First Interpreter" and the Academy under Polemo -- IV The Hellenistic Philosophies in Debate -- V The World of Cicero -- Speusippus and Xenocrates on the Pursuit and Ends of Philosophy -- I Introduction -- II Speusippus' Mathematikos: The Hunt for Knowledge -- III Xenocrates on the Happy Man -- IV Conclusion -- The Influence of the Platonic Dialogues on Stoic Ethics from Zeno to Panaetius of Rhodes -- Plato and the Freedom of the New Academy -- I Introduction -- II A New Academy -- III From Polemo to Arcesilaus -- IV From Carneades to Cicero -- Return to Plato and Transition to Middle Platonism in Cicero1 -- I Cicero's Reception in Outline -- 1) Testimony to a Pivotal Period -- 2) Rebirth of Platonism -- 3) Writing of Dialogues -- II Two Case Studies: Gorgias and Timaeus -- 1) Gorgias: Philosophy, Rhetoric and Public life -- 2) The Timaeus: Pythagoreanism and Middle Platonism -- Introduction: Early Imperial Reception of Plato -- From Fringe Reading to Core Curriculum: Commentary, Introduction, and Doctrinal Summary -- I The Problem -- II The Commentary-like Works -- III Introductions to Reading Plato -- IV Doctrinal Summaries -- V Conclusion -- Philo of Alexandria -- I Introduction: Philo and His Project -- 1) Philo's Relation to Plato in Historical Perspective -- 2) Philo's References to Plato and Socrates -- 3) The Corpus Used -- II Philo's Use of Plato -- III Conclusion -- Plutarch of Chaeronea and the Anonymous Commentator on the Theaetetus -- I. -- II. -- III. -- IV. |
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