{"product_id":"neoplatonic-pedagogy-and-the-alcibiades-i-crafting-the-contemplative-hardback-9781009100212","title":"Neoplatonic Pedagogy and the Alcibiades I; Crafting the Contemplative (Hardback) 9781009100212","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eNeoplatonic Pedagogy and the Alcibiades I\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eCrafting the Contemplative\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe first book-length study exclusively devoted to the commentaries of Proclus and Olympiodorus on the Platonic Alcibiades I.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJames M. Ambury (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781009100212, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 23 May 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e254 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.8 x 2.1 cm, 0.52 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'This is a most interesting book, of a nature which has not, I think, been attempted before … it is a most worthy enterprise, reminding us of the role which this now rather neglected dialogue played in the later Platonist curriculum.' John Dillon, Bryn Mawr Classical Review\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eMany philosophers in the ancient world shared a unitary vision of philosophy – meaning 'love of wisdom' – not just as a theoretical discipline, but as a way of life. Specifically, for the late Neoplatonic thinkers, philosophy began with self-knowledge, which led to a person's inner conversion or transformation into a lover, a human being erotically striving toward the totality of the real. This metamorphosis amounted to a complete existential conversion. It was initiated by learned guides who cultivated higher and higher levels of virtue in their students, leading, in the end, to their vision of the Good, or the One. In this book, James M. Ambury closely analyses two central texts in this tradition: the commentaries by Proclus (412–485 AD) and Olympiodorus (495–560 AD) on the Platonic Alcibiades I. Ambury's powerful study illuminates the way philosophy was conceived during a crucial period of its history, in the lecture halls of late antiquity.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction: Curriculum and Contemplative\u003cbr\u003e 1. The Self-Knowledge Necessity: Opening Remarks\u003cbr\u003e 2. Exalting Eros: Proem (103a1–106c2)\u003cbr\u003e 3. How Should I Live?: The Elenctic Section (106c3–119a7)\u003cbr\u003e 4. What Do I Want?: The Protreptic Section (119a8–124a8)\u003cbr\u003e 5. Who Am I?: The Maieutic Section (124a8–135e8).\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Western%20philosophy:%20Ancient,%20to%20c%20500%20%5BHPCA%5D%22\"\u003eHPCA\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52511050989848,"sku":"9781009100212","price":76.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/neoplatonic-pedagogy-and-the-alcibiades-i-crafting-the-contemplative-hardback-9781009100212","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}