{"product_id":"hermias-on-plato-phaedrus-245e-257c-paperback","title":"Hermias: On Plato Phaedrus 245E-257C - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael Share\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDirk Baltzly\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis commentary records, through notes taken by Hermias, Syrianus' seminar on Plato's \u003ci\u003ePhaedrus\u003c\/i\u003e, one of the world's most influential celebrations of erotic beauty and love. It is the only Neoplatonic commentary on Plato's \u003ci\u003ePhaedrus\u003c\/i\u003eto 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. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The second of two volumes of Hermias' commentary, the chapters translated here begin with a discussion of how the discarnate soul is visualised as a winged chariot team whose charioteer may gain some glimpse of beauty itself, which can explain subsequent erotic longing. This volume provides a translation is accompanied by explanatory notes, an introduction detailing the significance and context of the treatise and a scholarly apparatus including multiple indexes, glossaries and a bibliography.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDirk Baltzly\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Philosophy and Head of Discipline for Philosophy and Gender Studies at the University of Tasmania, Australia. He is co-editor of \u003ci\u003ePleasure and Power, Virtues and Vices: Essays in Ancient Moral Philosophy \u003c\/i\u003e(2001). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Share\u003c\/b\u003e is Honorary Research Fellow at the School of History \u0026amp; Classics, University of Tasmania, Australia.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 250\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.53 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 30, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51750161154336,"sku":"9781350351646","price":73.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/69c836d3c27e358a661e74eed5bdec61.webp?v=1779944709","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/hermias-on-plato-phaedrus-245e-257c-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}