Authority and Authoritative Texts in the Platonist Tradition

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108926061
• ISBN13: 9781108926065
• Release Date: April 2023
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 293 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"