Buch, Englisch, Band XVI, 225 Seiten, LEINEN, Gewicht: 453 g
Reihe: Scripta Antiquitatis Posterioris ad Ethicam Religionemque pertinentia
Human liberation, divine guidance and philosophy
Buch, Englisch, Band XVI, 225 Seiten, LEINEN, Gewicht: 453 g
Reihe: Scripta Antiquitatis Posterioris ad Ethicam Religionemque pertinentia
ISBN: 978-3-16-150138-8
Verlag: Mohr Siebeck
Plutarch's dialogue "On the daimonion of Socrates" is a unique combination of exciting historical romance and serious philosophical and religious discussion: A narrator from Boeotian Thebes tells his Athenian friend how Thebes was liberated from Spartan domination in a fateful night of midwinter 379/8 BC and connects this with the retelling of a fascinating philosophical discussion about the famous daimonion of Socrates in the afternoon and evening before. Besides presenting an introduction, a revised Greek text, and a new English translation (with copious notes), the volume offers a range of essays on themes providing further insights into this masterly literary piece: on the historical, religious and philosophical background and on thematic connections with other works by Plutarch.