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Philosophy, rhetoric, and sophistry in the high Roman Empire : Maximus of Tyre and twelve other intellectuals /
How is it possible that modern scholars have labelled Maximus of Tyre, a second-century CE performer of philosophical orations, as a sophist or a ¿́¿half-philosopher¿́¿, while his own self-presentation is that of a genuine philosopher? If we take Maximus¿́¿ claim to philosophical authority seriously...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leiden :
Brill,
©2015.
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| Colección: | Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum ;
volume 385. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Scholarly reception
- From the collective to the individual
- From macrolevel to microlevel
- Why Maximus?
- Philosophy, rhetoric, and sophistry in the Roman Empire
- The traditional conflict: a short overview
- Greco-Roman imperial culture
- A functionalist approach
- Individual authors
- The dialexeis of Maximus of Tyre
- Reading Maximus' Dialexeis
- Communication and pedagogy
- Sophistry
- Rhetoric
- Philosophy
- Purpose and meaning
- Analysis of individual dialexeis.