„Oxbridge“ in der ausgehenden Spätantike oder: Ein Vergleich der Schulen von Athen und Alexandrien

Abstract

Years ago, Karl Praechter claimed that philosophical teaching at Alexandria and Athens differed widely in content, not in the way pupils were taught. Recent studies try to show the opposite view: a) the circumstances were quite different, in which philosophical courses were held at Alexandria and Athens. There, philosophers lectured privately without financial help of the state or of other institutions, here they worked in the surrounding of a scholarly, privately subsidized community; b) the philosophical positions differed less than previously assumed. According to this paper - although it focusses mainly on a) - one has to combine the old with the new consensus. Despite specific differences in the way of teaching (and in content), enough features remain which enable us to compare the cities of Alexandria and Athens with Oxbridge: the mutual exchange of students and teachers, the philosophical diadoche ...

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