On Plato Phaedrus 227A--245E / translated by Dirk Baltzly and Michael Share.

Author/creator Hermeias author.
Other author Share, Michael John, translator.
Other author Baltzly, Dirk, translator.
Format Electronic
PublicationLondon : Bloomsbury Academic, 2018.
Copyright Date©2018
Description1 online resource (viii, 320 pages).
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Other title Hermias: On Plato Phaedrus 227A-245E
Other title Hermeias: On Plato Phaedrus 227A-245E
SeriesAncient commentators on Aristotle
Ancient commentators on Aristotle. ^A243423
Contents Introduction -- Departures from Lucarini and Moreschini's Text -- Translation -- Notes -- Bibliography -- English-Greek Glossary -- Greek-English Index -- Subject Index.
Abstract "This commentary records, through notes taken by Hermias, Syrianus' seminar on Plato's Phaedrus, one of the world's most influential celebrations of erotic beauty and love. It is the only Neoplatonic commentary on Plato's Phaedrus to have survived in its entirety. Further interest comes from the recorded interventions by Syrianus' pupils - including those by Proclus, his eventual successor as head of the Athenian school, who went on to teach Hermias' father, Ammonius. The first of two volumes of Hermias' commentary, the chapters translated here discuss the argument that the soul can be proved immortal as being the self-moving source of eternal motion. Aristotle explicitly disagreed with Plato on this treatment of the soul and Syrianus, having previously (in a commentary on the Metaphysics) criticised Aristotle severely when he disagreed with Plato, feels obliged here, too, to address the apparent disagreement. This new translation is thus vital for understanding Syrianus' attitude to Aristotle."-- Publisher's website
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Source of descriptionOnline resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed February 28, 2018).
Issued in other formPrint version: Hermeias, of Alexandria, active 5th century. In Platonis Phaedrum scholia. English. On Plato Phaedrus 227A-245E. London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2018 9781350051881
Genre/formCriticism, interpretation, etc.
ISBN9781350051898 (electronic bk.)
ISBN9781350051904 (Ebook)
ISBN1350051896 (electronic bk.)
ISBN135005190X
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