Authority and Authoritative Texts in the Platonist Tradition
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Author | : Michael Erler |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 295 |
Release | : 2021-03-04 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781108922456 |
ISBN-13 | : 1108922457 |
Rating | : 4/5 (56 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Authority and Authoritative Texts in the Platonist Tradition by : Michael Erler
Book excerpt: 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.