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Hermias: On Plato Phaedrus 227A-245E (Paperback)
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Hermias: On Plato Phaedrus 227A-245E (Paperback)
Series: Ancient Commentators on Aristotle
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This commentary records, through notes taken by Hermias, Syrianus'
seminar on Plato's Phaedrus, one of the world's most influential
celebrations of erotic beauty and love. It is the only Neoplatonic
commentary on Plato's Phaedrus to have survived in its entirety.
Further interest comes from the recorded interventions by Syrianus'
pupils - including those by Proclus, his eventual successor as head
of the Athenian school, who went on to teach Hermias' father,
Ammonius. The first of two volumes of Hermias' commentary, the
chapters translated here discuss the argument that the soul can be
proved immortal as being the self-moving source of eternal motion.
Aristotle explicitly disagreed with Plato on this treatment of the
soul and Syrianus, having previously (in a commentary on the
Metaphysics) criticised Aristotle severely when he disagreed with
Plato, feels obliged here, too, to address the apparent
disagreement. This new translation is thus vital for understanding
Syrianus' attitude to Aristotle.
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