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Apuleius, c 125-170 (writer, philosopher and orator)

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Dates

  • Existence: 0125-0190~- - 0190

Biography

Apuleius was born c. 125 at Madaurus, Numidia in the then Roman province of Africa Proconsularis. He was a novelist, philosopher and orator who wrote in Latin and Greek, but only his Latin works have been preserved. His death date is uncertain, but nothing is known of him after c. 170.

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De Deo Socratis [incomplete] by Apuleius, 12th century

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Identifier: MS 16/ff. 198r-203v
Contents This section of the manuscript contains a version of Apuleius's De Deo Socratis ('On the God of Socrates'). Although this text does mention Socrates, it does so only towards the end, and is mostly concerned with Plato's ideas about the daimôn. Apuleius was writing in the 2nd century.In this manuscript, this text begins on f.198r with Prophana philosophie turba imperitorum, which is...
Dates: 12th century
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Western Medieval Manuscripts / Composite manuscript including ten texts