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Apuleius' platonism : the impersonation of philosophy
- Title
- Apuleius' platonism : the impersonation of philosophy / Richard Fletcher.
- Author
- Fletcher, Richard, 1979-
- Publication
- Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
- Supplementary Content
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Details
- Series Statement
- Cambridge classical studies
- Uniform Title
- Cambridge classical studies.
- Subject
- Apuleius
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction; 2. Becoming Plato, voicing Platonism; 3. Universal reading and daemonic interpretation; 4. Platonism on trial and philosophy on stage; 5. Conclusion (Metamorphoses).
- Call Number
- JFD 14-4398
- ISBN
- 9781107025479 (hardback)
- 1107025478 (hardback)
- LCCN
- 2013037708
- OCLC
- 863196753
- Author
- Fletcher, Richard, 1979- author.
- Title
- Apuleius' platonism : the impersonation of philosophy / Richard Fletcher.
- Publisher
- Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
- Description
- xi, 319 pages ; 23 cm.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Cambridge classical studiesCambridge classical studies.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Summary
- "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"-- Provided by publisher.
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- JFD 14-4398