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Authority and Authoritative Texts in the Platonist Tradition
- Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- All disciplines can count on a noble founder, and the representation of this founder as an authority is key in order to construe a discipline's identity. This book sheds light on how Plato and other authorities were represented in one of the most long-lasting traditions of all time. It leads the reader through exegesis and polemics, recovery of the past and construction of a philosophical identity. From Xenocrates to Proclus, from the sceptical shift to the re-establishment of dogmatism, from the Mosaic of the Philosophers to the Neoplatonist Commentaries, the construction of authority emerges as a way of access to the core of the Platonist tradition.
- Subjects :
- Philosophy, Ancient
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISBNs :
- 9781108844000 and 9781108915687
- Database :
- eBook Index
- Journal :
- Authority and Authoritative Texts in the Platonist Tradition
- Publication Type :
- eBook
- Accession number :
- 2755294