Studies in Hermias' Commentary on Plato's Phaedrus

Erscheinungsjahr 2019
ISBN: 978-90-04-41430-3
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 24, 218 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 1 g

Reihe: Studies in Platonism, Neoplatonism, and the Platonic Tradition

Studies in Hermias’ Commentary on Plato’s Phaedrus is a collection of twelve essays that consider aspects of Hermias’ philosophy, including his notions of the soul, logic, and method of exegesis. The essays also consider Hermias’ work in the tradition of Neoplatonism, particularly in relation to the thought of Iamblichus and Proclus. The collection grapples with the question of the originality of Hermias’ commentary—the only extant work of Hermias—which is a series of lectures notes of his teacher, Syrianus.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Finamore, John F.

Manolea, Christina-Panagiota

Klitenic Wear, Sarah

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Antike Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
John F. Finamore, Christina-Panagiota Manolea and Sarah Klitenic Wear

Journeys in the Phaedrus: Hermias’ Reading of the Walk to Ilissus
Dirk Baltzly

Hermias as a Transmitter of Iamblichus’ Exegesis of the Dialogue
John M. Dillon

Hermias and the Ensoulment of the Pneuma
John F. Finamore

Hermias on Dialectic, the Techne of Rhetoric, and the Methods of Collection and Division in the Phaedrus Commentary
Gary Gabor

Hermias on the Unity of the Phaedrus
Quinton Gardiner and Dirk Baltzly

Hermias on the Argument for Immortality in Plato’s Phaedrus
Sebastian Gertz

Hermias on the Activities of the Soul: A Commentary on Hermias, In Phdr. 135.14–138.9
Sarah Klitenic Wear

What Is the Principle of Movement, the Self-moved (Plato) or the Unmoved (Aristotle)? The Exegetic Strategies of Hermias of Alexandria and Simplicius in Late Antiquity
Angela Longo

Orphic Elements in Hermias’ In Phaedrum
Christina-Panagiota Manolea

Gods and Demons according to Hermias
Claudio Moreschini

Hermias’ Theotaxonomy
Carl O’Brien

Answering Early Critics of the Phaedrus’ Styles and Strategies
Harold Tarrant

Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

John F. Finamore is Professor of Classics at the University of Iowa and editor of The International Journal of the Platonic Tradition. He is currently translating Proclus’ Republic commentary with Dirk Baltzly and Graeme Miles.

Christina-Panagiota Manolea holds a Ph.D. in Classics from University College London (2002). She has been teaching Greek Literature at the Hellenic Open University since 2004. She is currently editing Brill’s Companion to the Reception of Homer from the Hellenistic Age to Late Antiquity.

Sarah Klitenic Wear is Professor of Classics at Franciscan University of Steubenville. She has published articles and monographs, including Syrianus’ Teachings on Plato’s Timaeus and Parmenides (Brill, 2011).