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The End of Neoplatonic Academy and the Journey of the Philosophers to Persia in Modern Scholarship
Dittrichová, Jana ; Prchlík, Ivan (advisor) ; Bakyta, Ján (referee)
The year 529 is the year of the closure of the Neoplatonic Academy. Being closed by emperor Justinian, it is considered one of the milestones of the end of the Classical Antiquity. This thesis presents the sources which are concerned with the closure of the school and corresponding journey of the neoplatonic philosophers to Perisa and back. It must be stated that none of the sources in focus is explicit about the 529 AD events. The purpose of the work is to present opinions of modern scholars upon the legal act of the closure of this school, as accepted by the mainstream theory. It focuses on the meaning of the word diadochika, on the contemporaneous state of the Academy and on the issue of the destination of the philosophersʼ journey back from Persia. Diadochika appears to be the financial source for the Academy. As for the legal act of the closure of the Academy, the two major sources are the Chronographia of Malalas and the Laws of Justinian. However, these two sources do not agree in all points. It is vital to reconcile the two, with reference to the third source, the report of the historian Agathias of the philosophers' departure to Persia and also with reference to archaeological sources. As for the contemporaneous state of the Academy, the opinion prevails that it was not in decline. Modern scholars...
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The End of Neoplatonic Academy and the Journey of the Philosophers to Persia in Modern Scholarship
Dittrichová, Jana ; Prchlík, Ivan (advisor) ; Bakyta, Ján (referee)
The year 529 is the year of the closure of the Neoplatonic Academy. Being closed by emperor Justinian, it is considered one of the milestones of the end of the Classical Antiquity. This thesis presents the sources which are concerned with the closure of the school and corresponding journey of the neoplatonic philosophers to Perisa and back. It must be stated that none of the sources in focus is explicit about the 529 AD events. The purpose of the work is to present opinions of modern scholars upon the legal act of the closure of this school, as accepted by the mainstream theory. It focuses on the meaning of the word diadochika, on the contemporaneous state of the Academy and on the issue of the destination of the philosophersʼ journey back from Persia. Diadochika appears to be the financial source for the Academy. As for the legal act of the closure of the Academy, the two major sources are the Chronographia of Malalas and the Laws of Justinian. However, these two sources do not agree in all points. It is vital to reconcile the two, with reference to the third source, the report of the historian Agathias of the philosophers' departure to Persia and also with reference to archaeological sources. As for the contemporaneous state of the Academy, the opinion prevails that it was not in decline. Modern scholars...
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