Philosophical Life In Ciceros Letters
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Author | : Sean McConnell |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 269 |
Release | : 2014-04-03 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 1139916718 |
Cicero's letters are saturated with learned philosophical allusions and arguments. This innovative study shows just how fundamental these are for understanding Cicero's philosophical activities and for explaining the enduring interest of his ethical and political thought. Dr McConnell draws particular attention to Cicero's treatment of Plato's Seventh Letter and his views on the relationship between philosophy and politics. He also illustrates the various ways in which Cicero finds philosophy an appealing and effective mode of self-presentation and a congenial, pointed medium for talking to his peers about ethical and political concerns. The book offers a range of fresh insights into the impressive scope and sophistication of Cicero's epistolary and philosophical practice and the vibrancy of the philosophical environment of the first century BC. A new picture emerges of Cicero the philosopher and philosophy's place in Roman political culture.
Author | : Sean McConnell |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 269 |
Release | : 2014-04-03 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1107040817 |
A fresh and exciting study of Cicero's philosophical activities and the enduring interest of his ethical and political thought.
Author | : Jed W. Atkins |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 357 |
Release | : 2021-12-16 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 1108265642 |
Cicero is one of the most important and influential thinkers within the history of Western philosophy. For the last thirty years, his reputation as a philosopher has once again been on the rise after close to a century of very low esteem. This Companion introduces readers to 'Cicero the philosopher' and to his philosophical writings. It provides a handy port-of-call for those interested in Cicero's original contributions to a wide variety of topics such as epistemology, the emotions, determinism and responsibility, cosmopolitanism, republicanism, philosophical translation, dialogue, aging, friendship, and more. The international, interdisciplinary team of scholars represented in this volume highlights the historical significance and contemporary relevance of Cicero's writings, and suggests pathways for future scholarship on Cicero's philosophy as we move through the twenty-first century.
Author | : Yelena Baraz |
Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 2024-11-26 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0691264821 |
Why philosophy was politics by other means for Rome's greatest statesman In the 40s BCE, during his forced retirement from politics under Caesar's dictatorship, Cicero turned to philosophy, producing a massive and important body of work. As he was acutely aware, this was an unusual undertaking for a Roman statesman because Romans were often hostile to philosophy, perceiving it as foreign and incompatible with fulfilling one's duty as a citizen. How, then, are we to understand Cicero's decision to pursue philosophy in the context of the political, intellectual, and cultural life of the late Roman republic? In A Written Republic, Yelena Baraz takes up this question and makes the case that philosophy for Cicero was not a retreat from politics but a continuation of politics by other means, an alternative way of living a political life and serving the state under newly restricted conditions. Baraz examines the rhetorical battle that Cicero stages in his philosophical prefaces—a battle between the forces that would oppose or support his project. He presents his philosophy as intimately connected to the new political circumstances and his exclusion from politics. His goal—to benefit the state by providing new moral resources for the Roman elite—was traditional, even if his method of translating Greek philosophical knowledge into Latin and combining Greek sources with Roman heritage was unorthodox. A Written Republic provides a new perspective on Cicero's conception of his philosophical project while also adding to the broader picture of late-Roman political, intellectual, and cultural life.
Author | : J. P. F. Wynne |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 321 |
Release | : 2019-10-17 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1107070481 |
Do the gods love you? Cicero gives deep and surprising answers in two philosophical dialogues on traditional Roman religion.
Author | : Troels Engberg-Pedersen |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 411 |
Release | : 2017-02-13 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1107166195 |
This book explores the process during 100 BCE-100 CE by which dualistic Platonism became the reigning school in philosophy.
Author | : Marcus Tullius Cicero |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 474 |
Release | : 1912 |
Genre | : Authors, Latin |
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Author | : C. E. W. Steel |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 445 |
Release | : 2013-05-02 |
Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | : 0521509939 |
A comprehensive and authoritative account of one of the greatest and most prolific writers of classical antiquity.
Author | : Phillip Mitsis |
Publisher | : Oxford Handbooks |
Total Pages | : 848 |
Release | : 2020 |
Genre | : PHILOSOPHY |
ISBN | : 0199744211 |
This volume offers authoritative discussions of all aspects of the philosophy of Epicurus (340-271 BCE) and then traces Epicurean influences throughout the Western tradition. It is an unmatched resource for those wishing to deepen their knowledge of Epicureanism's powerful arguments about death, happiness, and the nature of the material world.
Author | : Marcus Tullius Cicero |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 352 |
Release | : 1885 |
Genre | : |
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