Alcinous (philosopher)
Alcinous (
Writings
Alcinous is the author of work called The Handbook of Platonism (Ἐπιτομὴ τῶν Πλάτωνος δογμάτων, also Διδασκαλικὸς τῶν Πλάτωνος δογμάτων;
Alcinous's handbook has been dated to the middle of the 2nd century AD.[1] In 1879 the German scholar Jacob Freudenthal argued that Alcinous was really the philosopher Albinus, the teacher of Galen the physician. This theory remained largely unchallenged until 1974, when John Whittaker made a fresh case convincingly reaffirming Alcinous's authenticity.[3][4]
Alcinous held the world and its animating soul to be eternal.
References
- ^ as approximate contemporaries." John Dillon, 1993, Alcinous, The Handbook of Platonism, page xiii. Oxford.
- ^ Schmitz, Leonhard (1867). "Alcinous (3)". In William Smith (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. pp. 102–103. Archived from the original on 2007-10-28.
- ^ John Whittaker, (1974), Parisinus Graecus 1962 and the Writings of Albinus, Phoenix 28, 320–354, 450–456.
- ^ "Bryn Mawr Classical Review 94.10.14". Archived from the original on 2001-05-04. Retrieved 2007-10-10.
- ^ a b Alcinous, Handbook, 14.3.
- ^ Alcinous, Handbook, 14.6–7, 15.1.
- ^ Alcinous, Handbook, 9.1.
- ^ Alcinous, Handbook, 9.2.
- ^ Alcinous, Handbook, 9.3.
- ^ Alcinous, Handbook, 10.4–6.
- ^ Alcinous, Handbook, 15.1.
- ^ Alcinous, Handbook, 16.1–2.
Sources
- ISBN 0-19-823607-7
- Dirk Baltzly, "The Virtues and 'Becoming Like God': Alcinous to Proclus", in Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy, Volume XXVI, David Sedley (ed), (Oxford: 2004).
- John Whittaker, "Numenius and Alcinous on the First Principle", Phoenix 32: 144–154 (1978).
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Alcinous (3)". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.
External links
- The Introduction of Alcinous to the Doctrines of Plato translated by George Burges
- Free public domain audiobook version of The Introduction of Alcinous to the Doctrines of Plato translated by George Burges
- Apocrypha public domain audiobook at LibriVox. Collection includes Alcinous. George Burges, translator (1855).