G. S. Belikov. On the sources of Simmias’ speech in Plutarch’s dialog On the Daimonion of Socrates (pp. 32–39)

Author

G. S. Belikov (Lomonosov Moscow State University)

Keywords\n Pluarch, Socrates, Middle Platonists, Posidonius, Philo of Alexandria

Pages\n 32–39

Summary\n

The article provides the examination of the sources of Simmias’ speech in Plutarch’s dialog On the Daimonion of Socrates. The speech presents a literary elaborated philosophical doctrine of the soul. R. Heinze supposed, Plutarch expounds Posidonius’ doctrine. He found a number of parallels between Plutarch’s text and Cicero’s On Divination, which expones Posidonius’ ideas. H. von Arnim refuted Heinze’s hypothesis. The author of the article supporting Heinze suggests that Plutarch might have based on the interpretation of Posidonius’ doctrine provided by Alexandrian Platonists. This suggestion is further confirmed with the similar abstracts from Philo of Alexandria presented in the article.

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