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1 online resource |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Summary |
"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 dialogue. 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. François 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"-- Provided by publisher. |
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"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 dialogue"-- Provided by publisher |
| Contents |
The Dialogue. Introduction -- The Alcibiades I and its issues -- Reception in antiquity. Prereception and early reception -- Neoplatonist reception to Proclus -- Olympiodorus -- The Dialogue revisited. Reflections on our ancient journey. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Plato. Alcibiades I.
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Alcibiades I (Plato) |
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PHILOSOPHY -- History & Surveys -- Ancient & Classical. |
| Added Author |
Tarrant, Harold.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Renaud, François, 1960- Platonic Alcibiades I. 9780521199124 (DLC) 2015014693 (OCoLC)907931442 |
| ISBN |
9781316391501 (electronic book) |
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1316391507 (electronic book) |
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9780511667435 (electronic book) |
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0511667434 (electronic book) |
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9780521199124 |
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0521199123 |
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