Plato's Authority and the Formation of Textual Communities

Classical Quarterly 64 (2):793-807 (2014)
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Abstract

It is widely agreed that, in the re-emergence of Platonism as a dogmatic school of philosophy following the demise of the sceptical academy, Plato's works came to have an authoritative status. This paper argues for a particular understanding of what that authority consists in and how it was acquired.

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Dirk Baltzly
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