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Abstract
This chapter focuses on the references and allusions to Plato in Fronto’s epistolary corpus, especially in his correspondence with Marcus Aurelius, to whom Fronto taught rhetoric. Attention will be paid to Fronto’s engagement with philosophy and his high esteem for Plato and (Middle) Platonism: Plato symbolizes the perfect synthesis between philosophy and rhetoric, which Fronto measures against the fallacy of Stoic dialectic, and Platonic elements play an important function in several letters.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Middle Platonism in the Second Sophistic: BICS Themed Issue 66.2 |
| Editors | Ben Cartlidge, Leonardo Costantini |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Pages | 1 |
| Number of pages | 19 |
| Publication status | Accepted/In press - Jul 2021 |
Publication series
| Name | BICS Themed Issues series |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Oxford Unversity Press |
| Number | 2 |
| Volume | 66 |
| ISSN (Print) | 2041-5370 |
Keywords
- Fronto
- Marcus Aurelius
- rhetoric
- Platonism
- Latin literature
- epistolography
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Middle Platonism in its Literary Context: BICS Themed Issue 66.2
Costantini, L. & Cartlidge, B., 2020, (In preparation) Oxford: Oxford University Press. 320 p. (BICS Themed Issues series; vol. 66, no. 2)Research output: Book/Report › Edited book