A New Work by Apuleius presents what may be the first lengthy Latin text from antiquity to be published in almost a century. Marshalling evidence from the text, intertextual relationships, stylistics, stemmatics, codicology, and philosophy, it lays out a compelling case for attributing this work - a summary of 14 of Plato's dialogues - to the second-century polymath Apuleius, author of the Apology, the Florida, the Metamorphoses, and the De Platone, an introduction to Plato for Latin readers. First discovered by Raymond Klibansky, the text is transmitted in one important, but neglected, manuscript of Apuleius' philosophical works. In this volume, Stover reveals that this new work is in fact the lost third book of the De Platone, and provides the key to understanding Apuleius' use and interpretation of Plato. The volume demonstrates that the new work is one of the only extant examples of scholastic ephemera from antiquity, allowing us to see how Apuleius shaped his notes from reading Plato into an independent treatise. Situated between the Latin and Greek worlds as a Latin summary of a Greek text, the new work offers a fascinating insight into the practice of translation in the Latin world, the scholarly methods of antiquity, the development of Middle Platonism, and sheds new light on an under-appreciated facet of a celebrated author.
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A New Work by Apuleius presents what may be the first lengthy Latin text from antiquity to be published in almost a century. The volume reveals that this new work is in fact the lost third book of Apuleius' De Platone et eius dogmate, and provides the key to understanding Apuleius' use and interpretation of Plato.
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1. INTRODUCTION; 2. DE PLATONIS PLURIBUS LIBRIS COMPENDIOSA EXPOSITO: TEXT AND TRANSLATION; 3. COMMENTARY; 4. APPENDIX: APULEIUS AND AL-FARAB=I'S PHILOSOPHY OF PLATO; INDEXES
Stover's book is a fundamental contribution to scholarship, especially inasmuch as it discovers a previously unknown interesting text, edits it with great philological skill, locates it within the Middle Platonist scenario, and in this way opens new frontiers for the already lively research of post-Hellenistic Platonist philosophy.
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The first time the text of this extensive but neglected ancient manuscript has appeared in print, complete with English translation and comprehensive commentary Presents a compelling case for attributing the text to the North African polymath of the late second century, Apuleius Provides two apparatus which offer complete information on the manuscript readings, as well as the extensive cross-references which are an essential part of the fabric of the work
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Justin A. Stover is a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at All Souls College, University of Oxford.
The first time the text of this extensive but neglected ancient manuscript has appeared in print, complete with English translation and comprehensive commentary Presents a compelling case for attributing the text to the North African polymath of the late second century, Apuleius Provides two apparatus which offer complete information on the manuscript readings, as well as the extensive cross-references which are an essential part of the fabric of the work
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780198735748
Publisert
2015
Utgiver
Vendor
Oxford University Press
Vekt
408 gr
Høyde
223 mm
Bredde
149 mm
Dybde
19 mm
Aldersnivå
UU, UP, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
236

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Biographical note

Justin A. Stover is a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at All Souls College, University of Oxford.