Philosophia between Greek and Roman culture: Naturalized immigrant or eternal stranger?

TY - CHAP

T1 - Philosophia between Greek and Roman culture

T2 - Naturalized immigrant or eternal stranger?

AU - Trapp, Michael

PY - 2013

Y1 - 2013

N2 - This chapter argues that comparison of Greek and Roman perceptions of philosophy in the early centuries AD reveals both divergences and similarities. Philosophia in this period remained on several levels a primarily Greek phenomenon, perceived as such by Greeks and Romans alike, and was thus naturally implicated in negotiations of identity and difference; it could be used both (by Greeks) as a touchstone of true civilization and (by Romans) as a marker of pointless over-refinement. But this apparently straightforward Greek-Roman split may in fact mask a deeper similarity; seen from another angle, Roman manoeuvrings over philosophy do not contest Greek approaches, but simply repeat them with local variations.

AB - This chapter argues that comparison of Greek and Roman perceptions of philosophy in the early centuries AD reveals both divergences and similarities. Philosophia in this period remained on several levels a primarily Greek phenomenon, perceived as such by Greeks and Romans alike, and was thus naturally implicated in negotiations of identity and difference; it could be used both (by Greeks) as a touchstone of true civilization and (by Romans) as a marker of pointless over-refinement. But this apparently straightforward Greek-Roman split may in fact mask a deeper similarity; seen from another angle, Roman manoeuvrings over philosophy do not contest Greek approaches, but simply repeat them with local variations.

M3 - Chapter

SN - 9788447537174

VL - Three Centuries of Greek Culture Under the Roman Empire, ed. F. Mestre and P. Gomez

SP - 29

EP - 48

BT - Three Centuries of Greek Culture Under the Roman Empire

A2 - Mestre, F

A2 - Gomez, P

PB - Publicacions I Edicions de la Universitat de Barcelona

CY - Barcelona

ER -