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Hermias: On Plato Phaedrus 227A–245E: On Plato Phaedrus 227A-245E (Ancient Commentators on Aristotle) by Griffin, Michael ;Sorabji, Richard (editor);Fellow, Honorary (editor);College, Wolfson (editor) is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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"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."-- Résumé de l'éditeur

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Author

Griffin, Michael ;Sorabji, Richard (editor);Fellow, Honorary (editor);College, Wolfson (editor)

Publisher

Bloomsbury Academic; Bloomsbury

Published

2018

Language

EN

ISBN

9781350051904

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Science, Philosophy, History