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Olympiodorus' life and society -- Philosophical excellence and the philosophical curriculum -- Pre-philosophical excellence: (1) natural and (2) habituated -- Philosophical excellence: (3) civic, (4) purificatory, (5) contemplative -- Excellence beyond philosophy: (6) inspired [and (7) hieratic] -- Summary -- The Platonic curriculum and the Alcibiades: from natural gifts to civic responsibility -- Olympiodorus' lectures on the Alcibiades -- Appendix: Olympiodorus' works -- Uncertain attributions -- Textual emendations -- Translation -- Bibliography -- English-Greek glossary -- Greek-English index -- Index of passages cited -- Index of names and places -- Subject index.
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"Olympiodorus (AD c. 500-570), possibly the last non-Christian teacher of philosophy in Alexandria, delivered these lectures as an introduction to Plato with a biography. For us, they can serve as an accessible introduction to late Neoplatonism. Olympiodorus locates the First Alcibiades at the start of the curriculum on Plato, because it is about self-knowledge. His pupils are beginners, able to approach the hierarchy of philosophical virtues, like the aristocratic playboy Alcibiades. Alcibiades needs to know himself, at least as an individual with particular actions, before he can reach the virtues of mere civic interaction. As Olympiodorus addresses mainly Christian students, he tells them that the different words they use are often symbols of truths shared between their faiths."--Bloomsbury Publishing Olympiodorus (AD c. 500-570), possibly the last non-Christian teacher of philosophy in Alexandria, delivered these lectures as an introduction to Plato with a biography. For us, they can serve as an accessible introduction to late Neoplatonism. Olympiodorus locates the First Alcibiades at the start of the curriculum on Plato, because it is about self-knowledge. His pupils are beginners, able to approach the hierarchy of philosophical virtues, like the aristocratic playboy Alcibiades. Alcibiades needs to know himself, at least as an individual with particular actions, before he can reach the virtues of mere civic interaction. As Olympiodorus addresses mainly Christian students, he tells them that the different words they use are often symbols of truths shared between their faiths.
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McCoy examines how Greek epic, tragedy, and philosophy offer important insights into the nature of human vulnerability especially how Greek thought extols the recognition and proper acceptance of vulnerability. Beginning with the literary works of Homer and Sophocles, she also expands her analysis to the philosophical works of Plato and Aristotle.
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'Darwin, Tennyson and Their Readers: Explorations in Victorian Literature and Science' is an edited collection of essays from leading authorities in the field of Victorian literature and science, including Gillian Beer and George Levine. Darwin, Tennyson, Huxley, Ruskin, Richard Owen, Meredith, Wilde and other major writers are discussed, as established scholars in this area explore the interaction between Victorian literary and scientific figures which helped build the intellectual climate of twenty-first century debates.
English literature --- Literature and science --- History and criticism. --- History --- Darwin, Charles, --- Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, --- Huxley, Aldous, --- Wilde, Oscar, --- Wilde, Oscar --- Alcibiades, --- Tennyson, --- טניסון, אלפרד, --- טענעסאן, א., --- טעניסאן, אלפרעד, --- Darwin, Charles, Robert --- Melmoth, Sebastian, --- Uaĭlʹd, Oskar, --- C. 3. 3, --- C. Three Three, --- Ṿild, Osḳar, --- Wilde, Oscar Fingall O'Flahertie Wills, --- Ṿaild, Osḳar, --- Vaildas, Oskaras, --- Author of Lady Windermere's fan, --- Lady Windermere's fan, Author of, --- Vailds, Oskars, --- Ouailnt, Oskar, --- Uaylt, Ōskʻar, --- Уайльд, Оскар, --- Уальд, Оскар, --- וויילד, אוסקר, --- וויילד, אסקאר --- וויילד, אסקאר, --- ווילד, אסקאר --- ויילד, אוסקר --- ויילד, אוסקר, --- וילד, אוסקר --- וילד, אוסקר, --- וילד, אסקר, --- װײלד, אסקאר --- װײלד, אסקאר, --- وايلد، أوسكار --- وايلد، اسكار --- オスカー・ワイルド --- Huxley, Aldous --- Huxley, Aldous Leonard, --- Khŭksli, Oldŭs, --- Хъксли, Олдъс, --- Khaksli, Oldos, --- Хаксли, Олдос, --- Хаксли, О. --- האקסליי, אלדוס, --- הקסלי, אלדוס, --- Huxley, Aldous Leonard --- Tennyson, Alfred --- Alfred
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