Cicero: On Moral Ends
Author | : Marcus Tullius Cicero |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 204 |
Release | : 2001-08-16 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9780521669016 |
An accessible 2001 translation of Cicero's important work on ethics.
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Author | : Marcus Tullius Cicero |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 204 |
Release | : 2001-08-16 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9780521669016 |
An accessible 2001 translation of Cicero's important work on ethics.
Author | : Marcus Tullius Cicero |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2001-08-13 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9780521660617 |
This new translation makes one of the most important texts in ancient philosophy freshly available to modern readers. Cicero was an intelligent and well-educated amateur philosopher, and in this work he presents the major ethical theories of his time in a way designed to get the reader philosophically engaged in the important debates. Raphael Woolf's translation does justice to Cicero's argumentative vigor as well as to the philosophical ideas involved, while Julia Annas' introduction and notes provide a clear and accessible explanation of the philosophical context of the work.
Author | : Quintus Curtius |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 366 |
Release | : 2018-11-02 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9780578409672 |
This new translation of Cicero's philosophical classic "On Moral Ends" is unlike any other previous translation. Illustrated with original photographs and entirely annotated, it brings this great work to a new generation of readers.
Author | : Julia Annas |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 275 |
Release | : 2016 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1107074835 |
This book opens up Cicero's work philosophically, taking us deeper into ancient ethical debates and into Cicero's own sceptical stance.
Author | : Marcus Tullius |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 297 |
Release | : 2009-03-05 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0226305198 |
The third and fourth books of Cicero's Tusculan Disputations deal with the nature and management of human emotion: first grief, then the emotions in general. In lively and accessible style, Cicero presents the insights of Greek philosophers on the subject, reporting the views of Epicureans and Peripatetics and giving a detailed account of the Stoic position, which he himself favors for its close reasoning and moral earnestness. Both the specialist and the general reader will be fascinated by the Stoics' analysis of the causes of grief, their classification of emotions by genus and species, their lists of oddly named character flaws, and by the philosophical debate that develops over the utility of anger in politics and war. Margaret Graver's elegant and idiomatic translation makes Cicero's work accessible not just to classicists but to anyone interested in ancient philosophy and psychotherapy or in the philosophy of emotion. The accompanying commentary explains the philosophical concepts discussed in the text and supplies many helpful parallels from Greek sources.
Author | : Marcus Tullius Cicero |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2008-10 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9781409942030 |
Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 BC-43 BC) was a Roman statesman, lawyer, political theorist, philosopher, and Roman constitutionalist. He is widely considered one of Romeâ€(TM)s greatest orators and prose stylists. He is generally perceived to be one of the most versatile minds of ancient Rome. He introduced the Romans to the chief schools of Greek philosophy and created a Latin philosophical vocabulary, distinguishing himself as a linguist, translator, and philosopher. An impressive orator and successful lawyer, he probably thought his political career his most important achievement. Today, he is appreciated primarily for his humanism and philosophical and political writings. Although a great master of Latin rhetoric and composition, Cicero was not Roman in the traditional sense, and was quite self-conscious of this for his entire life. He was declared a “righteous pagan†by the early Catholic Church, and therefore many of his works were deemed worthy of preservation. Saint Augustine and others quoted liberally from his works On the Republic and On the Laws, and it is due to this that we are able to recreate much of the work from the surviving fragments.
Author | : Cicero |
Publisher | : Penguin UK |
Total Pages | : 234 |
Release | : 2012-07-05 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0718194012 |
In the first century BC, Marcus Tullius Cicero, orator, statesman, and defender of republican values, created these philosophical treatises on such diverse topics as friendship, religion, death, fate and scientific inquiry. A pragmatist at heart, Cicero's philosophies were frequently personal and ethical, drawn not from abstract reasoning but through careful observation of the world. The resulting works remind us of the importance of social ties, the questions of free will, and the justification of any creative endeavour. This lively, lucid new translation from Thomas Habinek, editor of Classical Antiquity and the Classics and Contemporary Thought book series, makes Cicero's influential ideas accessible to every reader.
Author | : Phillip Mitsis |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 848 |
Release | : 2020-07-16 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0197522009 |
The ancient Greek philosopher Epicurus (341-270 BCE), though often despised for his materialism, hedonism, and denial of the immortality of the soul during many periods of history, has at the same time been a source of inspiration to figures as diverse as Vergil, Hobbes, Thomas Jefferson, and Bentham. This volume offers authoritative discussions of all aspects of Epicurus's philosophy and then traces out some of its most important subsequent influences throughout the Western intellectual tradition. Such a detailed and comprehensive study of Epicureanism is especially timely given the tremendous current revival of interest in Epicurus and his rivals, the Stoics. The thirty-one contributions in this volume offer an unmatched resource for all those wishing to deepen their knowledge of Epicurus' powerful arguments about happiness, death, and the nature of the material world and our place in it. At the same time, his arguments are carefully placed in the context of ancient and subsequent disputes, thus offering readers the opportunity of measuring Epicurean arguments against a wide range of opponents--from Platonists, Aristotelians and Stoics, to Hegel and Nietzsche, and finally on to such important contemporary philosophers as Thomas Nagel and Bernard Williams. The volume offers separate and detailed discussions of two fascinating and ongoing sources of Epicurean arguments, the Herculaneum papyri and the inscription of Diogenes of Oenoanda. Our understanding of Epicureanism is continually being enriched by these new sources of evidence and the contributors to this volume have been able to make use of them in presenting the most current understanding of Epicurus's own views. By the same token, the second half of the volume is devoted to the extraordinary influence of Epicurean doctrines, often either neglected or misunderstood, in literature, political thinking, scientific innovation, personal conceptions of freedom and happiness, and in philosophy generally. Taken together, the contributions in this volume offer the most comprehensive and detailed account of Epicurus and Epicureanism available in English.
Author | : Quintus Curtius |
Publisher | : Fortress of the Mind Publications |
Total Pages | : 236 |
Release | : 2016-06-23 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 1534802258 |
This is the most complete, readable, and explanatory edition of Cicero's "On Duties" available in English. “On Duties” represents the pinnacle of Western moral philosophy. Not only is it an unmatched practical guide to conduct, but it also serves as a profoundly ennobling vision of man. Acknowledged as a supreme moral authority for many centuries, it was the second book (after the Gutenberg Bible) to be printed following the invention of the printing press. This new English translation by Quintus Curtius was specifically designed with the needs of the modern reader in mind. It reproduces the majesty and elegance of the original, while at the same time containing features found in no other edition. Lucid, precise, and accessible, this complete and unabridged edition contains the following special features: 1. An innovative topical organizational scheme that permits easy location of subjects and terms 2. Detailed textual notes for unfamiliar terms and historical references 3. Detailed commentaries and synopses on the text 4. Complete subject and name index 5. Additional explanatory essays Quintus Curtius is an attorney, writer, and former Marine officer. He can be found at www.qcurtius.com.
Author | : Quintus Curtius |
Publisher | : Fortress of the Mind Publications |
Total Pages | : 106 |
Release | : 2015-09-28 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 1517559405 |
Cicero's "Stoic Paradoxes" is a brilliant and accessible summary of the six major ethical beliefs of Stoicism. The nature of moral goodness, the possession of virtue, good and bad conduct, the transcendence of wisdom, and the sources of real wealth are all discussed with the author's characteristic intensity and wit. This is the only existing modern translation of this little-known classic, as well as the most detailed study. Also included here is Cicero's visionary essay "The Dream of Scipio," which is a compelling testament to his belief in the immortality of the soul. Taken together, these two works provide a glimpse into the mind of one of the most influential thinkers of antiquity. For this special edition, translator Quintus Curtius has returned to the original Latin texts to provide a modern, fresh interpretation of these forgotten classics. Supplementary essays, summaries, textual notes, a bibliography, and an index provide additional guidance, and help present these works to a new generation of readers. Quintus Curtius can be found at www.qcurtius.com.