Epoché: A Journal for the History of Philosophy 13 (2):347-362 (2009)
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Regardless of the inconsistencies between Plato and his inheritors, the late neo-Platonist Proclus offers poignant answers to several contemporary debatesimbedded in Socratic scholarship. In the following, we will concentrate on Proclus’s interpretation of the Socratic elenchos and the provocative concept of double ignorance by clarifying their appearance in The Commentary on Plato’s Parmenides and The Commentary on the Alcibiades I. In this endeavor we shall unpack how Proclus characterizes the elenchos as an authentic dialectic purifying its recipients from an evil caused by the conceit to knowledge, a condition which unfortunately almost all men suffer and require treatment
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Keywords | Ancient Philosophy Continental Philosophy History of Philosophy |
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ISBN(s) | 1085-1968 |
DOI | 10.5840/epoche200913211 |
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