Apuleius' Platonism (inbunden)
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Inbunden (Hardback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
332
Utgivningsdatum
2014-07-17
Förlag
Cambridge University Press
Illustrationer
black & white illustrations
Volymtitel
Apuleius' Platonism: The Impersonation of Philosophy
Dimensioner
218 x 142 x 25 mm
Vikt
522 g
Antal komponenter
1
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47:B&W 5.5 x 8.5 in or 216 x 140 mm (Demy 8vo) Case Laminate on White w/Gloss Lam
ISBN
9781107025479

Apuleius' Platonism

The Impersonation of Philosophy

av Richard Fletcher
Inbunden,  Engelska, 2014-07-17
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Apuleius of Madauros, writing in the latter half of the second century CE in Roman North Africa, is best known to us today for his Latin fiction, the Metamorphoses aka The Golden Ass, about a man who turned into a donkey and back again. However, he was also a Platonic philosopher, who, even though many of his writings are lost, wrote a range of rhetorical and philosophical works which survive to this day. This book examines these works to reveal how Apuleius' Platonism is a result of his 'impersonation of philosophy', that is, a rhetorically powerful methodological tool that allows him to 'speak' on behalf of Plato and his philosophy. This book is the first exploration of the full scope of his idiosyncratic brand of Platonism across his multifarious literary corpus and is a major contribution to the study of the dynamic between literature and philosophy in antiquity and beyond.
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'Apuleius' Platonism is a thoughtful and thought-provoking addition to the libraries of scholars from several fields, including ancient rhetoric, the ancient novel, and those who work on the dynamic between philosophy and literature.' Sasha-Mae Eccleston, Bryn Mawr Classical Review

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Richard Fletcher is Associate Professor in the Department of Classics at Ohio State University.

Innehållsförteckning

1. Introduction; 2. Becoming Plato, voicing Platonism; 3. Universal reading and daemonic interpretation; 4. Platonism on trial and philosophy on stage; 5. Conclusion (Metamorphoses).

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