Philosophy, rhetoric, and sophistry in the high Roman Empire : Maximus of Tyre and twelve other intellectuals /

How is it possible that modern scholars have labelled Maximus of Tyre, a second-century CE performer of philosophical orations, as a sophist or a 'half-philosopher', while his own self-presentation is that of a genuine philosopher? If we take Maximus' claim to philosophical authority...

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Main Author: Lauwers, Jeroen.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2015]

Series: Mnemosyne, Supplements 385.
Mnemosyne Supplements Online, Volumes 204-407, ISBN: 9789004322288.

Subjects:

Maximus, > of Tyre, > active 2nd century.

Philosophy, Ancient.

Sophists (Greek philosophy)

Rhetoric, Ancient.