Apuleius' Platonism

Apuleius' Platonism
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 333
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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.


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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 A