{"product_id":"9780715634554","title":"Reading Plato in Antiquity","description":"\u003ch1\u003eReading Plato in Antiquity\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eHarold Tarrant | Dirk Baltzly | Dirk Baltzly | Harold Tarrant\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Criticism \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis important collection of original essays is the first to concentrate on how the ancients responded to the challenge of reading and interpreting Plato, primarily between 100 BC and AD 600. It incorporates the fruits of recent research into late antique philosophy, in particular its approach to hermeneutic problems. While a number of prominent figures, including Apuleius, Galen, Plotinus, Porphyry and Iamblichus, receive detailed attention, several essays concentrate on the important figure of Proclus who provides the theme for the jacket of this book, with his characterisation of the true interpreters of Plato's philosophy as a chorus of Bacchants.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe essays appear in the chronological order of their focal interpreters, giving a sense of the development of Platonist exegesis in this period. Reflecting their devotion to a common theme, the essays have been selected and are presented with a composite bibliography and indices.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContributors: \u003cb\u003eHayden Ausland\u003c\/b\u003e, University of Montana, USA; \u003cb\u003eDirk Baltzly\u003c\/b\u003e, Monash University, Australia; \u003cb\u003eLuc Brisson\u003c\/b\u003e, CNRS Paris, France; \u003cb\u003eTim Buckley\u003c\/b\u003e, University of Sydney, Australia;\u003cb\u003e John Cleary\u003c\/b\u003e, NUI Maynooth, Ireland; \u003cb\u003eJohn Dillon\u003c\/b\u003e, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland;\u003cb\u003e John Finamore\u003c\/b\u003e, University of Iowa, USA; \u003cb\u003eLloyd Gerson\u003c\/b\u003e, University of Toronto, Canada; \u003cb\u003eMarije Martijn\u003c\/b\u003e, University of Leiden, the Netherlands; \u003cb\u003eKen Parry\u003c\/b\u003e, Macquarie University, Australia; \u003cb\u003eJohn Phillips\u003c\/b\u003e, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, USA; \u003cb\u003eJulius Rocca\u003c\/b\u003e, University of Birmingham, UK; \u003cb\u003eRichard Sorabji\u003c\/b\u003e, Wolfson College, Oxford, UK;\u003cb\u003e Atsushi Sumi\u003c\/b\u003e, Hanazono University, Kyoto, Japan; \u003cb\u003eHarold Tarrant\u003c\/b\u003e, University of Newcastle, Australia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHarold Tarrant \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor of Classics and Head of the School of Liberal  Arts at the University of Newcastle, Australia.  His publications include \u003ci\u003ePlato's First Interpreters\u003c\/i\u003e (2000) and\u003ci\u003e Recollecting Plato's Meno\u003c\/i\u003e (2005), both published by Bloomsbury. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDirk Baltzly\u003c\/b\u003e is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, Monash University, Australia, and co-editor (with \u003cb\u003eHarold Tarrant\u003c\/b\u003e) of \u003ci\u003ePleasure and Power, Virtues and Vices: essays in ancient moral philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e (2001).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e22 June 2006\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBristol Classical Press\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9780715634554\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e278\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e20.16\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51370101440652,"sku":"9780715634554","price":198.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9780715634554","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}