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"Maximus of Tyre, active probably in the latter half of the second century AD, was a devoted Platonist whose only surviving work consists of forty-one brief addresses on various topics of ethical, philosophical, and theological import including the nature of divinity, the immortality of the soul, the sources of good and evil, the injustice of vengeance, the tyranny of pleasures and desires, the contribution of the liberal arts, and the pursuit of happiness, among many others. These addresses are conveniently labeled orations, but their fluid and hybrid style resists precise generic categorization, so that they could also be called discourses, speeches, lectures, talks, inquiries, essays, or even sermons. In his orations Maximus strove to elucidate the philosophical life of virtue, especially as exemplified in the career of Socrates and in the writings of Plato, inviting his audience, sometimes addressed as young men, to share in his knowledge, to appreciate his fresh presentation of philosophical topics, and perhaps even to join him in pursuing philosophy. Drawing on the Hellenic cultural tradition from Homer to the death of Alexander the Great, Maximus offers a rich collection of the famous philosophical, literary, and historical figures, events, ideas, successes, and failures that constituted Greek paideia in the so-called Second Sophistic era. This edition of Maximus' Philosophical Orations offers a fresh translation, ample annotation, and a text fully informed by current scholarship"-- [Provided by publisher]

Table of Contents:

• Volume 1. The discourse of a philosopher will adapt itself to every subject
• Whether images should be set up for the gods
• Whether Socrates did the right thing by not defending himself in court
• Who has provided a better account of the gods, poets or philosophers?
• Whether one ought to pray
• What knowledge is
• Which illnesses are more grave, those of the body or those of the soul?
• What Socrates' daimonion was. Part I
• More on Socrates' daimonion. Part II
• Whether learning is recollection
• What god is according to Plato
• Whether a wrongdoer should be wronged in return
• Whether, given the existence of prophecy, anything is within our control
• By what means one should distinguish a flatterer from a friend
• Which life is better, the active or the contemplative? The active
• That the contemplative life is superior to the active one
• Whether Plato was right to exclude Homer from his republic
• What Socrates' art of love was. Part I
• More on love. Part II
• More on Socrates' art of love. Part III

• More on love. Part IV.

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Author/Creator:

Maximus, of Tyre, active 2nd century , author

Contributors:

Race, William H., 1943- , editor, translator

Languages:

English
Greek, Ancient (to 1453)

Language Notes:

Text in Greek with English translation on facing pages ; introduction and notes in English.

Main Work:

Dissertationes [by Maximus, of Tyre]

Included Works:

Dissertationes [by Maximus, of Tyre] (English; (Race))

Dissertationes [by Maximus, of Tyre] (Greek; (Race))

Related Series:

Loeb classical library; 553-554

Subjects:

Maximus, of Tyre, active 2nd century — Dissertationes

Philosophy, Ancient

Dissertationes (Maximus, of Tyre)

Genres:

Speeches

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Physical Description:

2 volumes (xxxix, 479; 424 pages) ; 17 cm.

Call Numbers:

PA4244 .M27 2023

ISBNs:

9780674997561 (v. 1, cloth)
0674997565 (v. 1, cloth)
9780674997578 (v. 2, cloth)
0674997573 (v. 2, cloth)

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2023002950

OCLC Numbers:

1389887443