Apuleius And The Metamorphoses Of Platonism

Author : Claudio Moreschini
Publisher : Brepols Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9782503554709
Total Pages : 0 pages
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Download or read book Apuleius and the Metamorphoses of Platonism written by Claudio Moreschini and published by Brepols Publishers. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Apuleius was a respected philosophus Platonicus in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages. Until the middle of last century, he attracted the attention of scholars as a so-called 'Middle Platonist' author. Then, with the rejection of the historical schema that he had been situated in (the so-called 'school of Gaius', which we will treat shortly), his 'brother' Alcinous was the object of studies and (even harsh) criticisms, while almost nothing more was written about Apuleius by anyone. Studies of Middle Platonism primarily accentuated the liberty of the philosophers of the 1st and 2nd centuries AD, who interpreted the doctrines of Plato without constituting a specific school. Due to this new vision of Middle Platonism, Apuleius' role was difficult to define. It is not uncommon to find that Apuleius the philosopher is completely neglected . The literary character, and especially the 'rhetorical' nature of some of his works and of his personality have probably hurt his reputation in philosophy. These aspects of his personality have however been ever more accentuated in the last few decades within the development of studies on Second Sophistics. Consequently not only have there been few scholars to show interest for Apuleius' philosophical doctrines, but those few who have the opportunity to almost manage his philosophical doctrines usually disregard his literary works. In this way one cannot understand the most specific aspect of his philosophy, which consists in a sort of intermingling of philosophy and literature (a typical attitude of Greek and Latin culture of the 2nd century AD), and above all, of religion and Platonism. The dichotomy between philosophy and literature that was normal in the 19th and 20th centuries therefore still persists in the case of Apuleius. Claudio Moreschini attempted in some way to fill this gap in his 1978 study on Apuleio e il Platonismo. It was obviously in vain. Accordingly, in this book he would like to reflect on the possibility of a synthesis between these two aspects.

Author : Maeve C. O'Brien
Publisher : Edwin Mellen Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Apuleius' Debt to Plato in the Metamorphoses written by Maeve C. O'Brien and published by Edwin Mellen Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In her very lively and eminently readable book Dr. O'Brien makes a solid case for her core in sight, namely, that the Metamorphoses in fact is a seamless garment, woven from creative imagination and Platonist concerns, and focusing on the abiding issue of discourse. This is an important perspective, and it will significantly enhance future discussion both of Apuleius and of the Platonist tradition. This book is a study of the Metamorphoses of Apuleius of Madaura which takes as its starting point the proposition that Apuleius, as a serious student of Platonism, adopts as a guiding theme in his narrative the distinction between two types of rhetoric, or discourse (logos), first set out by Plato in the Gorgias and the Phaedrus, but later becomes a basic assumption of the Platonic tradition, a 'higher' type, which is based upon a philosophical understanding of the world of Forms and true reality, and employs logos only in the service of a search for the truth, and a 'lower', sophistical, type, which employs every sort of trickery to secure an advantage based on appearance rather than reality. This insight is worked out with considerable ingenuity, and, 1 find, plausibility. After an in

Author : Richard Fletcher
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107025478
Total Pages : 333 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Apuleius' Platonism written by Richard Fletcher and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-07-17 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Apuleius of Madauros (c.AD 120-180), known to us today for his Latin fiction, the Metamorphoses, was also a Platonic philosopher. This book is the first exploration of his idiosyncratic brand of Platonism across his multifarious literary corpus, contributing to the study of the dynamic between literature and philosophy in antiquity.

Author : Geoffrey C. Benson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108475558
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Apuleius' Invisible Ass written by Geoffrey C. Benson and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-05-09 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Argues that invisibility is a central motif in Apuleius' Metamorphoses, presenting a new interpretation of this Latin masterpiece.

Author : Apuleius
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 9780198735748
Total Pages : 0 pages
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Download or read book A New Work by Apuleius written by Apuleius and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction. Manuscripts and transmission ; Genre, doctrine, and dating ; By Apuleius? ; The Expositio and the Apuleian corpus ; Audience and purpose ; Apuleius as translator ; Edition, translation, commentary -- Text and translation -- Commentary -- Appendix. New evidence for the source of al-Fārābī's Philosophy of Plato / by Coleman Connelly

Author : Apuleius
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 246 pages
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Download or read book The Metamorphosis written by Apuleius and published by . This book was released on 1822 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : S. J. Harrison
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0199271380
Total Pages : 291 pages
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Download or read book Apuleius written by S. J. Harrison and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2004 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides the first general account of the works of the Latin writer Apuleius, most famous for his great novel the Metamorphoses or Golden Ass. Living in second-century North Africa, Apuleius was more than an author; he was an orator and professional intellectual, Platonist philosopher, extraordinary stylist, relentless self-promoter, as well as a versatile author of a remarkably diverse body of other work, much of which is lost to us.

Author : John M. Dillon
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780801483165
Total Pages : 484 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Middle Platonists, 80 B.C. to A.D. 220 written by John M. Dillon and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Table of Contents Preface Abbreviations 1 The Old Academy and the Themes of Middle Platonism 1 2 Antiochus of Ascalon: The Turn to Dogmatism 52 3 Platonism at Alexandria: Eudorus and Philo 114 4 Plutarch of Chaeroneia and the Origins of Second-Century Platonism 184 5 The Athenian School in the Second Century A.D. 231 6 The 'School of Gaius': Shadow and Substance 266 7 The Neopythagoreans 341 8 Some Loose Ends 384 Bibliography 416 Afterword 422 General Index 453 Index of Platonic Passages 458 Modern Authorities Quoted 459.

Author : James Gollnick
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
ISBN 13 : 0889208034
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Religious Dreamworld of Apuleius’ Metamorphoses written by James Gollnick and published by Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Apuleius’ Metamorphoses is probably best known as the literary source for the myth of Eros and Psyche and as a primary source of information about mystery religions in the ancient world. There is another realm of the Metamorphoses which has, until now, received relatively little attention — namely, the many dreams found within it. The Religious Dreamworld of Apuleius’ Metamorphoses offers an engaging portrait of the second-century dreamworld. Recognizing the centrality of the religious function and spiritual interpretation of dreams, this book illustrates their vital importance in the ancient world and the wide variety of meanings attributed to them. James Gollnick draws deeply from historical and psychological studies and provides a historical background on the current interest in the role of dreams in psychological and spiritual transformation. This study of Apuleius’ Metamorphoses adds to an appreciation of Apuleius the dreamer and the second-century dreamworld in which he lived and wrote.

Author : Apuleius
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 560 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Works of Apuleius written by Apuleius and published by . This book was released on 1853 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: