Authority and Authoritative Texts in the Platonist Tradition

All disciplines can count on a noble founder and the representation of this founder as an authority is key in order to construe a discipline''s identity. This book sheds light on how Plato and other authorities were represented in one of the most long-lasting traditions of all time. It leads the reader through exegesis and polemics recovery of the past and construction of a philosophical identity. From Xenocrates to Proclus from the sceptical shift to the re-establishment of dogmatism from the Mosaic of the Philosophers to the Neoplatonist Commentaries the construction of authority emerges as a way of access to the core of the Platonist tradition.