[DOWNLOAD] "Authority and Authoritative Texts in the Platonist Tradition" by Michael Erler, Jan Erik Heßler & Federico M. Petrucci ~ eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Authority and Authoritative Texts in the Platonist Tradition
- Author : Michael Erler, Jan Erik Heßler & Federico M. Petrucci
- Release Date : January 04, 2021
- Genre: Philosophy,Books,Nonfiction,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 12102 KB
Description
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.