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Apuleius was a respected philosophus Platonicus in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages. Until the middle of last century, he attracted the attention of scholars as a so-called ‘Middle Platonist’ author. Then, with the rejection of the historical schema that he had been situated in (the so-called ‘school of Gaius’, which we will treat shortly), his ‘brother’ Alcinous was the object of studies and (even harsh) criticisms, while almost nothing more was written about Apuleius by anyone. Studies of Middle Platonism primarily accentuated the liberty of the philosophers of the 1st and 2nd centuries AD, who interpreted the doctrines of Plato without constituting a specific school. Due to this new vision of Middle Platonism, Apuleius’ role was difficult to define. It is not uncommon to find that Apuleius the philosopher is completely neglected . The literary character, and especially the ‘rhetorical’ nature of some of his works and of his personality have probably hurt his reputation in philosophy. These aspects of his personality have however been ever more accentuated in the last few decades within the development of studies on Second Sophistics.

Apuleius Madaurensis, Lucius --- Philosophy --- Platonisme --- History --- Platonists. --- Philosophy, Ancient. --- Philosophy in literature. --- Apuleius --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Platoniciens --- Apuleius. --- Criticism and interpretation --- Platonists --- Philosophy - Greece - History

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Opera quae supersunt : de philosophia libri.

Latin literature. --- Philosophy, Ancient, in literature. --- Roman literature --- Classical literature --- Classical philology --- Latin philology --- Apuleius --- Apuleius Barbarus --- Apulejus, Lucius --- Lucio Apuleio --- Apuleyo de Madauros --- Apulien --- Apulée --- Apuleius Madaurensis --- Appuleius, Lucius --- Apuleius, Lucius --- Apuleio --- Apuleyo, Lucio --- Abūliyūs, Lūkiyūs --- Apuleius, --- Apuleius Platonicus Madaurensis --- Apuleu --- אפוליאוס --- לוקיוס, אפוליאוס --- ابوليوس --- Appuleius, --- Philosophy.

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"This monograph considers not so much the moments, thoughts, speculations with which the so-called 'Cappadocian Fathers' agreed and proposed a unified doctrine, but the points and moments, the doctrines in which they disagreed. Thus, it is not a new book on the Cappadocian Fathers considered as a unity, which surely would have come to a huge dimension, but asks the question: Is it possible to speak of agreement and, at the same time, of differentiation between these Fathers? Is it useful to change, at least in part, an established opinion, that of the 'Cappadocian theology'? The examination of the various problems leads to an affirmative answer. 'Concordia discors' might be the true sense. So far, studies have mostly focused on the religious aspects and have shown little or no interest in the Cappadocians' output as literature. Cultivated people with a background in 'paideia', which was the same as for non-Christian writers, these Fathers wished to have access to the literary forms that were most useful for their didactic activities (homilies), or also rhetorical use (epistolography or poetry): thus, literary activity should not be considered as extraneous to their speculative thought. Their interest in philosophy can be traced to their openness to pagan 'paideia', which had a long tradition in Christianity. Another question that arises is the need to clarify who exactly the 'Cappadocian Fathers' were. Naturally, Amphilochius, due to his relations with Basil and Gregory of Nazianzus, but as it is justified by the similarities of many doctrines and by his biography, also Evagrius Ponticus, even though his personal affairs and the end of his life place him more within Egyptian rather than Cappadocian monasticism. A sketch of the Cappadocian's 'Nachleben' in the West, with a provisional edition of a Latin translation (6th century) of some Gregory of Nazianzus' homilies and Christological epistles concludes the volume."

Pères cappadociens --- Littérature chrétienne primitive --- Cappadocian Fathers

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Philosophy, Ancient. --- Apuleius.