Authority and Authoritative Texts in the Platonist Tradition (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781108844000)

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.

Author: Michael Erler
ISBN-10: 1108844006
ISBN-13: 9781108844000
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 03/04/2021
Pages: 294
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.24lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d