Authority And Authoritative Texts In The Platonist Tradition

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, Jan Erik Heßler, Federico M. Petrucci
• | Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• | Publication Date: Apr 06, 2023
• | Number of Pages: 294 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1108926061
• | ISBN-13: 9781108926065