Aristotle's Protrepticus

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:philosophy
gptkbp:author gptkb:Aristotle
gptkbp:dateWritten 4th century BCE
gptkbp:genre protreptic
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Aristotle's Protrepticus
gptkbp:influenced later protreptic literature
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Plato
gptkbp:language gptkb:Ancient_Greek
gptkbp:mainTheme value of philosophy
gptkbp:notableQuote ‘For if we live, we must philosophize; and if we do not live, we must philosophize; in any case, therefore, we must philosophize.’
gptkbp:purpose to exhort to philosophy
gptkbp:referencedIn gptkb:Clement_of_Alexandria
other ancient authors
Iamblichus' Protrepticus
gptkbp:restored D. S. Hutchinson
gptkbp:status fragmentary
gptkbp:subject gptkb:philosophy
gptkbp:survivesIn fragments
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Protrepticus_(by_Iamblichus)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7