Olympiodsrus a Neo-Platonic philosopher, was a native of Alexandria, and lived probably in the latter part of the 6th century A.D. There are extant by him commentaries on the First Alcibiades, the Phaedo, the Gorgias, and Philebus of Plato. The first-mentioned of these commentaries contains a life of Plato. His commentary on the Gorgias was published by Routh in his edition of the "Gorgias" and "Euthydemus" (Oxford, 1784); that on the Phaedo by Andreas Mustoxvdes and Demetrius Schinas in the συλλογὴ ἀποσπασματίων ἀνεκδότων (Venice, 1817); that on the Philebus by Stallbaum in his edition of the "Philebus;" and that on the First Alcibiades by Creutzer, in the 2d and 3d volumes of the Initia Philosoph. ac Theolog. ex Platonicis Fontibus (Frankf. 1826). In estimating Olympiodorus from these publications of his, it would appear that he was an acute and vigorous thinker, and a man of great erudition.
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John McClintock was born October 27, 1814 in Philadelphia to Irish immigrants, John and Martha McClintock. He began as a clerk in his father's store, and then became a bookkeeper in the Methodist Book Concern in New York. Here he converted to Methodism and considered joining the ministry. McClintock entered the University of Pennsylvania in 1832 and graduated with high honors three years later. Subsequently, he was awarded a doctorate of divinity degree from the same institution in 1848.WikipediaRead More