Lucien et le Cynisme

Nesselrath, Heinz-Günther

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“…What are the consequences of this for the ideal city depicted by Lykinos? The attribution to the ideal city of characteristics proper to the world of the dead in a far from utopian sense is best seen in one of the most exhilarating On Cynic philosophers in Lucian, see Nesselrath 1998 andCamerotto 2018. 54 On the characterization of Hades as a dystopic utopia see Halliwell 2008, 454-462 andCamerotto 2020, 44 and214-215. passages of the Hermotimus, where Lykinos invites his interlocutor to count the years necessary to complete his philosophical training.55 The two interlocutors arrive at the sum of about two hundred years, which they are ready to reduce to one hundred and fifty years.…”

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Dystopic Utopia in Lucian’s Philosophical Satire

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2022

Mnemosyne

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The Hermotimus is undoubtedly the most ambitious of Lucian’s philosophical dialogues, since the author undertakes a systematic study of the best philosopher in this work. More specifically, the protagonists of this dialogue, the Stoic aspirant Hermotimos and his antidogmatic interlocutor Lykinos, seek a definite answer to the following questions: Does the true and authentic philosopher exist? If so, then where is it possible to find him, and how can he prove the excellence of his philosophical tenets? A utopian moment can be captured in nuce in these questions, for the object at the heart of the discussion assumes all the features of a desideratum which is difficult, if not impossible, to fulfil, implying an operation that is constantly exposed to the risk of being reduced to nothing.

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“…See also Griffin (1996) on ambivalent attitudes towards the Cynics in the period, especially in Latin literature. Nesselrath (1998) surveys appearances of Cynics in Lucian; Camerotto (2014), 127–30, discusses Lucian's reservations about the Cynics.…”

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Philosophers and Citizens on the Areopagus: Lucian's Prose Trilogy

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2019

Ramus

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The lively discussion of the relationship between rhetoric and philosophy, the presentation of a theory of writing dialogues that combine elements from different genres and a dramatic frame that presents this theory in an Athenian setting as philosophical schools such as the Stoa and the Academy explain to the citizens their contributions to civic virtue make the Twice Accused not only one of the most important dialogues for understanding Lucian's project but also one of the most important literary treatments of the reception of philosophy in Athens and the status of philosophy in the Imperial period. Because many of the philosophical elements Lucian uses to create his drama—common arguments, well-known attitudes and standard portraits—are conventional, the creativity and originality of the work consists in the combination of these elements and juxtaposition of different scenes and frames; understanding each scene and its significance depends on establishing its relationship to other scenes. This paper will examine the role the Twice Accused plays as part of a trilogy of dialogues together with the Sale of Lives and the Fisherman; the trilogy presents a reflection on the introduction of philosophy and a progressive analysis of the attitudes between citizens and philosophers in the Athenian civic context. Considering the three as a trilogy not only reveals a central tragic intertext but also illuminates the way that the methodological statement at the end of the Twice Accused completes the schema connecting attitudes towards the philosophical tradition to Athenian topography by moderating the extremes of the previous two dialogues and explaining the role of philosophical writing as a mediating force between the demands of philosophy and the needs of the larger civic community.

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Lucian

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2019

The Encyclopedia of Ancient History

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Lucien et le Cynisme

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