Authority and authoritative texts in the Platonist tradition
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Authority and authoritative texts in the Platonist tradition
Cambridge University Press, 2021
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-263) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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.
Table of Contents
- Introduction Michael Erler, Jan E. Hessler and Federico M. Petrucci
- 1. Xenocrates' invention of Platonism David Sedley
- 2. An iconography of Xenocrates' Platonism David Sedley
- 3. Arcesilaus' appeal to Heraclitus as a philosophical authority for his sceptical stance Anna Maria Ioppolo
- 4. Authority beyond doctrines in the 1st century BC: Antiochus' model for Plato's authority Federico M. Petrucci
- 5. Authority and doctrine in the pseudo-pythagorean writings Bruno Centrone
- 6. Constructing authority: a re-examination of some controversial issues in the theology of Numenius Alexandra Michalewski
- 7. Plutarch's E at Delphi: the hypothesis of platonic authority George Boys-Stones
- 8. Aristotle's 'physics' as an authoritative work in early Neoplatonism (Plotinus and Porphyry) Riccardo Chiaradonna
- 9. Conflicting authorities? Hermias and Simplicius on the self-moving soul Saskia Aerts
- 10. Kathegemon the importance of the personal teacher in Proclus and later Neoplatonism Christian Tornau
- 11. 'In Plato we can see the bad characters being changed by the good and instructed and purified' attitudes to platonic dialogue in later Neoplatonism Anne Sheppard.
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