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 Death and Immortality in Late Neoplatonism: Studies on the Ancient Commentaries on Plato's Phaedo

Contents

• • Preliminary Material (i-xii)   (135K)
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    • Contents
    • Acknowledgements
    • A Note On Citations
  • Introduction (1-26)   (228K)
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    • 1. Nature And Purpose Of The Present Study
    • 2. Olympiodorus And Damascius: Two Philosophical Personalities
    • 3. Interpreting The Phaedo: The Centrality Of The Skopos
  • Olympiodorus On Suicide (27-50)   (216K)
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    • 1. Philosophy As Meletè Thanatou And The Prohibition Of Suicide
    • 2. Two Kinds Of Death And Separation
    • 3. Two Ways Of Arguing Against Suicide
    • 4. Olympiodorus’ Three Arguments
    • 5. The Esoteric Doctrine
    • 6. The Philosophical Argument
    • 7. The Case For Suicide
    • 8. Olympiodorus’ Conclusion
  • Politics And Purification In Socrates’ Second Defence (Phd. 63b–69e) (51-70)   (182K)
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    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. The Civic Context(s) Of Plato’s Phaedo
    • 3. The Discourses On Purification
    • 4. The Virtues
  • Syrianus And Damascius: Two Interpretations Of The Argument From Opposites In Plato’s Phaedo (Phd. 69e–72d) (71-96)   (224K)
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    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. The Background To Syrianus And Damascius
    • 3. Syrianus
    • 4. Damascius: Soizetai O Logos?
    • 5. Conclusion
  • Memory, Forgetfulness And Recollection In The Commentaries On Plato’s Phaedo (97-122)   (230K)
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    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. What Does The Argument Prove?
    • 3. What Is Recollection, And How Does It Work?
    • 4. What Forms Are Recollected, And Why Do We Need Forms At All?
    • 5. Two Puzzles About Memory And Recollection
  • The Affinity Argument In Plato’s Phaedo (123-142)   (183K)
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    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. Alcinous, Plotinus And Porphyry
    • 3. Iamblichus
    • 4. Proclus’ Analysis Of The Argument
    • 5. Damascius’ Critique Of Proclus
    • 6. Three Objections To The Argument
    • 7. Two Platonic Problems
  • The Final Argument In Plato’s Phaedo (143-172)   (248K)
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    • 1. The ‘Second Voyage’
    • 2. The Final Argument
    • 3. Strato’s Criticisms And Their Impact
    • 4. Refuting Strato
    • 5. Damascius’ New Analysis
    • 6. Concluding Evaluation
    • 7. A Final Note On The Argument For Immortality In Proclus’ Elements Of Theology
  • After Death: The Phaedo Myth And Its Neoplatonic Interpreters (173-188)   (155K)
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    • 1. Preliminaries
    • 2. The Afterlife Journey: Phd. 107c-108c
    • 3. Which Earth Is The ‘True Earth’?
    • 4. The Underground Rivers In Damascius And Olympiodorus
    • 5. Epilogue
  • General Conclusions (189-194)   (86K)
  • Bibliography (195-204)   (113K)
  • Index rerum (205-208)   (50K)
  • Index nominum veterum et recentiorum (209-212)   (52K)
  • Index locorum potiorum (213-224)   (70K)