The Platonic Alcibiades I : the dialogue and its ancient reception

Title: The Platonic Alcibiades I : the dialogue and its ancient reception
Creator: Renaud, Francois; Tarrant, Harold
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Resource Type: book
Date: 2015
Description: Although it was influential for several hundred years after it first appeared, doubts about the authenticity of the Platonic Alcibiades I have unnecessarily impeded its interpretation ever since. It positions itself firmly within the Platonic and Socratic traditions, and should therefore be approached in the same way as most other Platonic dialogues. It paints a vivid portrait of a Socrates in his late thirties tackling the unrealistic ambitions of the youthful Alcibiades, urging him to come to know himself and to care for himself. The authors re-examine the drama and philosophy of Alcibiades I with an eye on those interpreters who cherished it most. Modern scholars regularly play down one or more of the religious, erotic, philosophic or dramatic aspects of the dialogue, so ancient Platonist interpreters are given special consideration. This rich study will interest a wide range of readers in ancient philosophy.
Subject: Plato; Alcibiades I; Platonic dialogues; Socrates
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1310681
Identifier: uon:22071
Identifier: ISBN:9780521199124
Language: eng