AFFECTION AND AFFILIATION: SOCIAL NETWORKS AND CONVERSION TO PHILOSOPHY

• Autores: Kendra Eshleman
• Localización: Classical journal, ISSN 0009-8353, Vol. 103, Nº 2, 2007-2008, págs. 129-140
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Drawing on modern sociological studies of conversion, this paper explores the role of pre-existing social networks and affective bonds in the process of philosophical recruitment and conversion as reflected in Diogenes Laertius¿ Lives of Eminent Philosophers.