Commentary on Plato's Alcibiades I

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Commentary on Plato's Alcibiades I is a Neoplatonic philosophical work by Proclus that offers an in-depth exegesis of Plato’s dialogue Alcibiades I, focusing on the nature of the self, knowledge, and the soul’s ascent.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Neoplatonic commentary
late antique Greek prose text
philosophical work
aimsTo provide an in-depth exegesis of Plato's Alcibiades I
associatedWithSchool School of Athens (Neoplatonic)} NERFINISHED
author Proclus NERFINISHED
authorInOriginalLanguage Proclus NERFINISHED
basedOn Alcibiades I NERFINISHED
commentaryOn Alcibiades I by Plato NERFINISHED
concernsDialogue Alcibiades I NERFINISHED
discussesConcept divine ascent of the soul
political leadership
self-knowledge
the soul
virtue
focusesOn ethics
knowledge
nature of the self
political philosophy
soul's ascent
genre exegetical work
philosophical commentary
hasPerspective Neoplatonic metaphysical framework
historicalPeriod Late Antiquity
influencedBy Platonic philosophy
earlier Platonic commentators
interpretsAs a dialogue about self-knowledge
a guide to the care of the soul NERFINISHED
language Ancient Greek
mainSubject Plato's dialogue Alcibiades I NERFINISHED
originalTitleLanguage Ancient Greek
partOf corpus of Proclus's commentaries on Plato
philosophicalDiscipline epistemology
ethics
metaphysics
psychology of the soul
philosophicalTradition Neoplatonism NERFINISHED
title Commentary on Plato's Alcibiades I
tradition Athenian Neoplatonic school NERFINISHED
treatsAuthor Plato NERFINISHED
treatsCharacter Alcibiades NERFINISHED
treatsTheme education of the statesman
hierarchy of being
purification of the soul
relationship between human and divine
role of philosophy in political life
workOf Proclus NERFINISHED
workType commentary on a Platonic dialogue

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