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(Middle) Platonic philosophers in Lucian

2023/06/01 by Heinz-Günther Nesselrath
Social Sciences · Chemistry · Arts and Humanities · #Classical Antiquity Studies #Organic Chemistry Synthesis Methods #Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies

paper · doi:10.1093/bics/qbad010

Abstract

Abstract This paper attempts to assess whether we can find Platonic philosophers with more or less distinct Middle Platonist traits depicted in Lucian’s works. After a look at the terminology Lucian employs for denoting philosophers claiming allegiance to Plato, some case studies (on Platonists in Vitarum auctio, Nigrinus, Hermotimus, Piscator, Convivium, and Philopseudeis) address the question formulated above.

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