Authority and Authorities
Michael Silk|Ingo Gildenhard|Rosemary Barrow
In the new world of scientific and (soon) Enlightenment progress, authority, if it exists, has to be supported by argument evidence. Appeals ancient authority are characteristic Montaigne's age Montaigne himself. Over over again, exemplary material, quotations, doctrine from sources his first point reference. For artists theorists art in classicizing ages, texts can authoritative too, whether as technical guides or sourcebook. Insofar classical tradition implies an imperative favour specific authorities, one might say that, towards end eighteenth century, starts become optional. Even ‘age authority’, authorities routinely challenged; do not necessarily agree; higher truth revealed religion course outweighs human truths classics, with some compromises.