Chapter 9. Akrasia and Enkrateia in Simplicius’s Commentary on Epictetus’s Encheiridion

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1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction 1
4. Chapter 1. Socratic Love in Neoplatonism 21
5. Chapter 2. Plutarch and Apuleius on Socrates’ Daimonion 36
6. Chapter 3. The Daimonion of Socrates: Daimones and Divination in Neoplatonism 51
7. Chapter 4. Socrates in the Neoplatonic Psychology of Hermias 73
8. Chapter 5. The Character of Socrates and the Good of Dialogue Form: Neoplatonic Hermeneutics 80
9. Chapter 6. Hypostasizing Socrates 97
10. Chapter 7. Socratic Character: Proclus on the Function of Erotic Intellect 109
11. Chapter 8. The Elenctic Strategies of Socrates: The Alcibiades I and the Commentary of Olympiodorus 118
12. Chapter 9. Akrasia and Enkrateia in Simplicius’s Commentary on Epictetus’s Encheiridion 127
13. Chapter 10. The Many-Voiced Socrates: Neoplatonist Sensitivity to Socrates’ Change of Register 143
14. Conclusion 163
15. Appendix: The Reception of Socrates in Late Antiquity: Authors, Texts, and Notable References 167
16. Notes 179
17. Bibliography 229
18. Contributors 245
19. General Index 249
20. Acknowledgments 255