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1 online resource. |
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Mnemosyne supplements : monographs on Greek and Latin language and literature,
0169-8958 ;
volume 385
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Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum ; volume 385.
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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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. |
| Summary |
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, his case can deepen our understanding of the dynamic nature of Imperial philosophy. Through a discursive analysis of twelve Imperial intellectuals alongside Maximus¿́¿ dialexeis, the author proposes an interpretative framework to assess the purpose behind the representation of philosophy, rhetoric, and sophistry in Maximus¿́¿ oeuvre. This is thus as yet the first book-length attempt at situating the historical communication process implicit in the surviving Maximean texts in the concurrent context of the Imperial intellectual world. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Maximus, of Tyre, active 2nd century.
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Maximus, of Tyre, active 2nd century. |
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Philosophy, Ancient.
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Philosophy, Ancient. |
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Sophists (Greek philosophy)
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Sophists (Greek philosophy) |
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Rhetoric, Ancient.
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Rhetoric, Ancient. |
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Electronic books.
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Print version: Lauwers, Jeroen. Philosophy, rhetoric, and sophistry in the high Roman Empire : Maximus of Tyre and twelve other intellectuals. Leiden, Netherlands ; Boston, Massachusetts : Brill, ©2015 329 pages Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum ; Volume 385 0169-8958 9789004301528 |
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9789004301535 (electronic book) |
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9004301534 (electronic book) |
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9004301526 |
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9789004301528 |
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9789004301528 |
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