Authority and authoritative texts in the Platonist tradition

• Titel: Authority and authoritative texts in the Platonist tradition
• Mitwirkende: Erler, Michael [HerausgeberIn]
• Mitwirkende: Heßler, Jan Erik [HerausgeberIn]
• Mitwirkende: Petrucci, Federico M. [HerausgeberIn]
• Mitwirkende: McOsker, Michael [HerausgeberIn]
• Verf.angabe: edited by Michael Erler (Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Germany), Jan Erik Hessler (Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Germany), Federico M. Petrucci (Università degli studi di Torino, Italy) ; with the collaboration of Michael McOsker (Ohio Wesleyan University)
• Verlagsort: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA ; Port Melbourne, Australia ; New Delhi, India ; Singapore
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Jahr: 2021
• Umfang: x, 283 Seiten
• Illustrationen: Illustrationen
• Fussnoten: Enthält Literaturangaben und Index
• ISBN: 978-1-108-84400-0
• ISBN: 978-1-108-92606-5
• Schlagwörter: (p)Plato / (s)Rezeption / (s)Platonismus
• Dokumenttyp: Aufsatzsammlung
• Dokumenttyp: Konferenzschrift
• Sprache: eng
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: Authority and authoritative texts in the Platonist tradition. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2021. - 1 Online-Ressource (x, 283 pages)
• K10plus-PPN: 1737415402

Abstract

"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"--