Plato's First Interpreters: Questions on Aristotle's de Caelo-A Critical Edition with an Interpretative Essay

by Harold Tarrant

Harold Tarrant here explores ancient attempts to interpret Plato's writings, by philosophers who spoke a Greek close to Plato's own, and provides a fresh, almost primitive reading of Plato himself. His book also serves as a synthesis of recent work on ancient interpreters of Plato.Tarrant's primary emphasis is on the Middle Platonists, but he also discusses the Old and New Academies, the Athenian and Alexandrian Neoplatonists, and selected nonphilosophical...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080143792X
• ISBN13: 9780801437922
• Release Date: July 2000
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.5"