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Alcibiades and the Socratic Lover-Educator
Hardback
Main Details
Title |
Alcibiades and the Socratic Lover-Educator
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Authors and Contributors |
Edited by Harold Tarrant
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Edited by Marguerite Johnson
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Volume editor Harold Tarrant
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Volume editor Marguerite Johnson
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Physical Properties |
Format:Hardback | Pages:272 | Dimensions(mm): Height 234,Width 156 |
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Category/Genre | Western philosophy - Ancient to c 500 |
ISBN/Barcode |
9780715640869
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Classifications | Dewey:184 |
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Audience | Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly | |
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Imprint |
Bristol Classical Press
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Publication Date |
16 February 2012 |
Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
In the Platonic work Alcibiades I, a divinely guided Socrates adopts the guise of a lover in order to divert Alcibiades from an unthinking political career. The contributors to this carefully focussed volume cover aspects of the background to the work; its arguments and the philosophical issues it raises; its relationship to other Platonic texts, and its subsequent history up to the time of the Neoplatonists. Despite its ancient prominence, the authorship of Alcibiades I is still unsettled; the essays and two appendices, one historical and one stylometric, come together to suggest answers to this tantalising question.
Author Biography
Marguerite Johnson is Senior Lecturer in Classics, University of Newcastle, Australia. Harold Tarrant is Professor of Classics, University of Newcastle, Australia.
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