âLet Us Make the Most of What They Offer Usâ: Different Layers of Intertextuality in Plutarchâs Non posse suaviter vivi secundum Epicurum

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Chapter 11 âLet Us Make the Most of What They Offer Usâ: Different Layers of Intertextuality in Plutarchâs Non posse suaviter vivi secundum Epicurum

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In this chapter, the complicated intertextual dynamics that can often be found in Plutarchâs oeuvre is examined through the study of one work, viz. the anti-Epicurean polemic That Epicurus actually makes a pleasant life impossible. There, several major sources are combined with other material and introduced into the context of a new and coherent argument. Especially important are (1) the treatise of Colotes (which had itself an obvious intertextual dimension, as it contained an attack against the entire previous philosophical tradition), (2) the perspective of Plutarchâs school, where the whole discussion took place, (3) the works of Epicurus and Metrodorus (the real polemic targets of the work), and (4) the rich tradition attacked by the Epicureans and defended by Plutarch. Next to the input from these four sources, there is, of course, Plutarch himself, who as an author directs and structures the whole piece, adding a wealth of quotations from poets, historians, philosophers, and so on.

By unravelling this multi-layered structure, I will lay bare the different aspects of Plutarchâs modus operandi and of his approach towards and use of literature in That Epicurus actually makes a pleasant life impossible.

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The Dynamics of Intertextuality in Plutarch

Reihe:Â Brill's Plutarch Studies, Band: 5

ISBN:: 9789004427860

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Print-Publikationsdatum:: 06 May 2020

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Chapter 11 âLet Us Make the Most of What They Offer Usâ: Different Layers of Intertextuality in Plutarchâs Non posse suaviter vivi secundum Epicurum