Commentary on the First Alcibiades of Plato (Cambridge, University Library, MS Kk.5.27)

to the composite being. For the death of Menoeceus a hero of Thebes who sacrificed himself for his city was just, as it was for his fatherland, but it did not profit his body, which perished. And again, from the fact that after showing at the end of the dialogue that the human being is soul, and bringing the argument to rest, as all the previously established points were brought forth for the construction of this. And that Socrates is not only eager to lead his beloved, but also through the same path by which he himself was led. He is said to have come to philosophy from the Pythian inscription "know yourself." Furthermore, also from the fact that a small phrase is handed down here, "the self itself." Regarding this, Proclus hears it one way,
l. of and Damascius another. Proclus says "the self" is the tri-partition of the soul, or simply the soul; "the self itself" is the rational soul. Damascius, not so, but says "the self" is the rational soul; "the self itself" is the highest and most intellectual part of the soul. This is the Proclian scope. But Damascius, handing down the scope more accurately and truly, does not say it is simply about knowing oneself, but about knowing oneself
l. of politically.