PLATO'S AUTHORITY AND THE FORMATION OF TEXTUAL COMMUNITIES
It is widely agreed that, in the re-emergence of Platonism as a dogmatic school of philosophy following the demise of the sceptical academy, Plato's works came to have an authoritative status. This paper argues for a particular understanding of what that authority consists in and how it was acq...
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Published in | Classical quarterly Vol. 64; no. 2; pp. 793 - 807 |
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Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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Cambridge, UK
Cambridge University Press
01.12.2014
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Summary: | It is widely agreed that, in the re-emergence of Platonism as a dogmatic school of philosophy following the demise of the sceptical academy, Plato's works came to have an authoritative status. This paper argues for a particular understanding of what that authority consists in and how it was acquired. |
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Bibliography: | ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 |
ISSN: | 0009-8388 1471-6844 |
DOI: | 10.1017/S0009838814000500 |