Les Cartes platòniques a la Fundació Bernat Metge : la Carta VII i la transmissió de la filosofia
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Firstly, the text recalls the origins and purpose of the Fundació Bernat Metge (a Catalan
series of classical texts created in 1922) and concisely explains the characteristics of the
new Catalan edition of the Platonic Epistles, that has recently been published as a new
volume of the Bernat Metge series. Then it outlines the peculiar history of this epistolary
collection and proposes a reading of the Seventh Epistle which focuses on the idea
of the transmission of philosophy while taking into account the historical background of
the text, the rhetorical devices it deploys and the Platonic reflection on writing.
series of classical texts created in 1922) and concisely explains the characteristics of the
new Catalan edition of the Platonic Epistles, that has recently been published as a new
volume of the Bernat Metge series. Then it outlines the peculiar history of this epistolary
collection and proposes a reading of the Seventh Epistle which focuses on the idea
of the transmission of philosophy while taking into account the historical background of
the text, the rhetorical devices it deploys and the Platonic reflection on writing.
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Garrigasait, Raül. “Les <i>Cartes</i> platòniques a la Fundació Bernat Metge : la Carta VII i la transmissió de la filosofia”. Anuari de la Societat Catalana de Filosofia, no. 21, pp. 161-72, https://raco.cat/index.php/AnuariFilosofia/article/view/248749.