Polemics and Networking in Graeco-Roman Antiquity
Edited by Pieter d'Hoine Edited by Geert Roskam Edited by Stefan Schorn Edited by Joseph Verheyden
This volume looks at the interplay between polemics and intellectual networks from a variety of perspectives: from the Old Academy and the Hellenistic schools to the Neoplatonic commentators of Late Antiquity, from biographical literature to literary criticism, from artistic manuals to scientific treatises, and from pagans to Christi
Disagreement, rivalry and dispute are essential to any intellectual development. This holds true for ancient cultures no less than for us today. From the classical period to the Hellenistic age and to Late Antiquity, competition and polemics have shaped the course of intellectual history in Antiquity. Polemical encounters and controversies are often linked to group identities and intellectual networks such as philosophical schools, textual traditions, artistic circles and religious communities. This collection of studies sprang from the ambition to study the interplay between polemics and intellectual networks from a variety of perspectives and disciplines. The volume gathers fifteen case studies by leading scholars and young researchers alike. They address a wide range of topics, from the Old Academy and the Hellenistic schools to the Neoplatonic commentators of Late Antiquity, from biographical literature to literary criticism, from artistic manuals to scientific treatises, and from pagans to Christians. As multi-sided as the picture that emerges from these case studies may be, they all testify to the fact that implicit and explicit polemics are ubiquitous in ancient Greek and Roman literature and have served as triggers of intellectual progress across times and disciplinary boundaries.
- Edited by Pieter d’Hoine
- Edited by Geert Roskam
- Edited by Stefan Schorn
- Edited by Joseph Verheyden
Other Titles in this Series
Networking through Biography
Constructing Intellectual Junctions in Antiquity, the Renaissance and the Arabo-Islamic World
Volume 19
Outsiders and Forerunners
Modern Reason and Historiographical Births of Medieval Philosophy
Volume 5
Le pere du siecle
The Early Modern Reception of Jean Gerson (1363-1429): Theological Authority between Middle Ages and Early Modern Era
Volume 14
On Good Authority
Tradition, Compilation and the Construction of Authority in Literature from Antiquity to the Renaissance
Volume 3
Shaping Authority
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Students, Scholars and Their Books at the University of Louvain (1425-1797)
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Studium Lovaniense: Learning across Borders, 2
Volume 18
Towards the Authority of Vesalius
Studies on Medicine and the Human Body from Antiquity to the Renaissance and beyond
Volume 6
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