Die neuplatonische Exegese von Phaidon 69e–72d
The Neoplatonic Exegesis of the Phaedo 69e–72d

Summary/Abstract: The paper analyses the interpretations of the first argument for the immortality of the soul in Plato’s Phaedo proposed by the Neoplatonists Syrianus, Proclus, Damascius and Olympiodorus as preserved in the commentaries on the Phaedo by Damascius and by Olympiodorus. The author focuses on the following topics: the definition of the aim of the argument, the analysis of its logical structure, the problem of the middle between contraries, the meaning of key terms of the argument according to Syrianus, Damscaius criticism of Syrianus and his own interpretation.

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