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As a matter of fact, the project of harmonising Aristotle and Plato and of regarding them both as authorities \u2013 albeit to different extents \u2013 also implies dealing with all those texts and doctrines which seem to sharply contradict one another, and this requires the production of exegetical strategies and ways to balance them. This clearly emerges from Hermias\u2019 and Simplicius\u2019 treatment of the doctrine of the self-moving soul, a core Platonic doctrine which was severely criticised by Aristotle. Aerts shows to what extent the commitment to the joint authority of both Plato and Aristotle can lead Platonists to exegetical twists and extreme harmonising strategies: moving along the broad lines of the Middle Platonist opening to several authoritative figures, by focusing on Aristotle\u2019s role and elevating him to a very high status these authors had to produce a new ideological framework for the management of the issue of multiple authorities. 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