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This book honours the scholarly contributions of Paul Kalligas through a collection of essays that explore the diverse dimensions of the Platonic tradition. It investigates central questions: How did interpretations of Plato’s thought evolve across institutional, dogmatic, and inspirational frameworks? What role did Plotinus play in systematising Platonism, and how did his work engage with earlier philosophical discourse? Spanning the Presocratics to late antiquity, the essays provide fresh perspectives on Plato’s metaphysics, Aristotle’s critical engagement with his master, and the Neoplatonic synthesis of classical thought. Anchored by Kalligas’ seminal scholarship on the Enneads, this volume represents a significant advancement in the study of ancient philosophy. It is an indispensable read for scholars of Platonism and the history of ideas.

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Alexander Nehamas is Carpenter Professor in the Humanities and Professor of Philosophy and Comparative Literature Emeritus at Princeton University. He is the author of Virtues of Authenticity: Essays on Plato and Socrates and The Art of Living: Socratic Reflections from Plato to Foucault. Voula Tsouna is Distinguished Professor A/S at the Philosophy Department, University of California (Santa Barbara). She is President of the Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy. Her publications include Plato’s Charmides. An Interpretative Commentary (Cambridge, 2022). Riccardo Chiaradonna is Professor of Ancient Philosophy at Roma Tre University. He has published widely on ancient philosophy, in particular on Plotinus, Galen, the Platonist tradition and the Aristotle commentators. Richard McKirahan is Edwin Clarence Norton Professor of Classics and Professor of Philosophy at Pomona College. He has published extensively on ancient philosophy and science, from the Presocratic philosophers through late antiquity. His publications include Philosophy Before Socrates (second edition, 2011).

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