Apuleius' Plato : the role of biography in the exegesis of philosophy
This thesis examines the role played by the genre of biography in exegetical modes of philosophical teaching. In a thematic reading of the unique literary corpus of the second century C.E. Platonist Apuleius, it considers how this author’s sustained project of philosophical popularisation is transmi...
Main Author: | Fletcher, R. O. F. |
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University of Cambridge
2006
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Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.599078 |
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