Olympiodorus of Alexandria: Exegete, Teacher, Platonic Philosopher

Albert Joosse (Editor)

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Abstract

This is the first collected volume dedicated to the work of the 6th-century CE philosopher Olympiodorus of Alexandria. His Platonic commentaries are rare witnesses to ancient views on Plato’s Socratic works. As a pagan, Olympiodorus entertained a complex relationship with his predominantly Christian surroundings. The contributors address his profile as a Platonic philosopher, the ways he did and did not adapt his teaching to his Christian audience, his reflections on philosophical exegesis and communication and his thinking on self-cognition. The volume as a whole helps us understand the development of Platonic philosophy at the end of antiquity.
Original languageEnglish
Place of PublicationLeiden
PublisherBrill
Number of pages282
ISBN (Electronic)978-90-04-46670-8
ISBN (Print)978-90-04-46669-2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2021

Publication series

NamePhilosophia Antiqua
PublisherBrill
Volume159
ISSN (Print)0079-1687

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
The conference was hosted by the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies of Utrecht University and generously supported by the Dutch Research Council (NWO) under VENI grant 275-20-049, Socratic Educations, PI: Albert Joosse. Work on this volume was also supported through this grant, as well as by the Dutch ministry of Education, Culture and Science (OCW) through the Dutch Research Council (NWO), as part of the Anchoring Innovation Gravitation Grant research agenda of OIKOS, the National Research School in Classical Studies, the Netherlands (project number 024.003.012).

Funding Information:
The present contribution was developed as part of the three-year research project ‘Didactic Platonism: a System of Thought and its Metaphysical Patterns’ funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. I am deeply grateful to Albert Joosse and Harold Tarrant, who have read this chapter and contributed to improving it through their observations. Any remaining faults are mine alone.

Funding Information:
that any of them can be responsible for the remaining mistakes. Research for this chapter was supported by the Hungarian NKFIH Grant 123839.

Funding Information:
I am grateful to the participants of the 2017 conference for their comments and to Harold Tarrant and an anonymous reviewer for their remarks on the written version. Research for this chapter was supported by the Dutch Research Council (NWO), VENI grant 275-20-049, Socratic Educations. It was also supported by the Dutch ministry of Education, Culture and Science (OCW) through the Dutch Research Council (NWO), as part of the Anchoring Innovation Gravitation Grant research agenda of OIKOS, the National Research School in Classical Studies, the Netherlands (project number 024.003.012).

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