Philosophy, rhetoric, and sophistry in the high Roman Empire : Maximus of Tyre and twelve other intellectuals
| 1. Verfasser: |
Lauwers, Jeroen
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| Ort/Verlag/Jahr: |
Leiden :
Brill,
2015.
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| Umfang/Format: |
329 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Schriftenreihe: |
Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum ;
385 |
| ISBN: | 9789004301528 |
| ISSN: | 0169-8958 ; |
| Schlagworte: | |
Inhaltsangabe:
- 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.
