Today the name Socrates invokes a powerful idealization of
wisdom and nobility that would surprise many of his contemporaries,
who excoriated the philosopher for corrupting youth. The problem of
who Socrates "really" was--the true history of his activities and
beliefs--has long been thought insoluble, and most recent Socratic
studies have instead focused on reconstructing his legacy and
tracing his ideas through other philosophical traditions. But this
scholarship has neglected to examine closely a period of philosophy
that has much to reveal about what Socrates stood for and how he
taught: the Neoplatonic tradition of the first six centuries C.E.,
which at times decried or denied his importance yet relied on his
methods.In "The Neoplatonic Socrates," leading scholars in classics
and philosophy address this gap by examining Neoplatonic attitudes
toward the Socratic method, Socratic love, Socrates's divine
mission and moral example, and the much-debated issue of moral
rectitude. Collectively, they demonstrate the importance of
Socrates for the majority of Neoplatonists, a point that has often
been questioned owing to the comparative neglect of surviving
commentaries on the "Alcibiades," "Gorgias," "Phaedo," and
"Phaedrus," in favor of dialogues dealing explicitly with
metaphysical issues. Supplemented with a contextualizing
introduction and a substantial appendix detailing where evidence
for Socrates can be found in the extant literature, "The
Neoplatonic Socrates" makes a clear case for the significant place
Socrates held in the education and philosophy of late
antiquity.Contributors: Crystal Addey, James M. Ambury, John F.
Finamore, Michael Griffin, Marilynn Lawrence, Danielle A. Layne,
Christina-Panagiota Manolea, Francois Renaud, Geert Roskam, Harold
Tarrant.
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