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Cicero’s Practical Philosophy

Author : Walter Nicgorski
Publisher : University of Notre Dame Pess
ISBN 13 : 0268158118
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (681 download)

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Download or read book Cicero’s Practical Philosophy written by Walter Nicgorski and published by University of Notre Dame Pess. This book was released on 2012-04-15 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cicero’s Practical Philosophy marks a revival over the last two generations of serious scholarly interest in Cicero’s political thought. Its nine original essays by a multidisciplinary group of distinguished international scholars manifest close study of Cicero’s philosophical writings and great appreciation for him as a creative thinker, one from whom we can continue to learn. This collection focuses initially on Cicero’s major work of political theory, his De Re Publica, and the key moral virtues that shape his ethics, but the contributors attend to all of Cicero’s primary writings on political community, law, the ultimate good, and moral duties. Room is also made for Cicero’s extensive writings on the art of rhetoric, which he explicitly draws into the orbit of his philosophical writings. Cicero’s concern with the divine, with epistemological issues, and with competing analyses of the human soul are among the matters necessarily encountered in pursuing, with Cicero, the large questions of moral and political philosophy, namely, what is the good and genuinely happy life and how are our communities to be rightly ordered. The volume also reprints Walter Nicgorski’s classic essay “Cicero and the Rebirth of Political Philosophy,” which helped spark the current revival of interest in Cicero the philosopher. Contributors: Walter Nicgorski, J. G. F. Powell, Malcolm Schofield, Carlos Lévy, Catherine Tracy, Margaret Graver, Harald Thorsrud, David Fott, Xavier Márquez, and J. Jackson Barlow.

Cicero's Practical Philosophy

Author : Walter Nicgorski
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780268205881
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (58 download)

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Download or read book Cicero's Practical Philosophy written by Walter Nicgorski and published by . This book was released on 2022-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cicero's Practical Philosophy marks a revival over the last two generations of serious scholarly interest in Cicero's political thought. Its nine original essays by a multidisciplinary group of distinguished international scholars manifest close study of Cicero's philosophical writings and great appreciation for him as a creative thinker, one from whom we can continue to learn. This collection focuses initially on Cicero's major work of political theory, his De Re Publica, and the key moral virtues that shape his ethics, but the contributors attend to all of Cicero's primary writings on political community, law, the ultimate good, and moral duties. Room is also made for Cicero's extensive writings on the art of rhetoric, which he explicitly draws into the orbit of his philosophical writings. Cicero's concern with the divine, with epistemological issues, and with competing analyses of the human soul are among the matters necessarily encountered in pursuing, with Cicero, the large questions of moral and political philosophy, namely, what is the good and genuinely happy life and how are our communities to be rightly ordered. The volume also reprints Walter Nicgorski's classic essay "Cicero and the Rebirth of Political Philosophy," which helped spark the current revival of interest in Cicero the philosopher. Contributors: Walter Nicgorski, J. G. F. Powell, Malcolm Schofield, Carlos Lévy, Catherine Tracy, Margaret Graver, Harald Thorsrud, David Fott, Xavier Márquez, and J. Jackson Barlow.

Cicero’s Skepticism and His Recovery of Political Philosophy

Author : Walter Nicgorski
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137584130
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (375 download)

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Download or read book Cicero’s Skepticism and His Recovery of Political Philosophy written by Walter Nicgorski and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-08-11 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores Cicero’s moral and political philosophy with great attention to his life and thought as a whole. The author “thinks through” Cicero with a close reading of his most important philosophical writings. Nicgorski often resolves apparent tensions in Cicero’s thought that have posed obstacles to the appreciation of his practical philosophy. Some of the major tensions confronted are those between his Academic skepticism and apparent Stoicism, between his commitment to philosophy and to politics, rhetoric and oratory, and between his attachment to Greek philosophy and his profound engagement in Roman culture. Moreover, the key theme within Cicero’s writings is his intended recovery, within his Roman context, of both the Socratic focus on great questions of practical philosophy and Socratic skepticism. Cicero’s recovery of Socratic political philosophy in Roman garb is then the basis for recovery of Cicero as a notable political thinker relevant to our time and its problems.

Cicero's Ideal Statesman in Theory and Practice

Author : Jonathan Zarecki
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 178093470X
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (89 download)

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Book Synopsis Cicero's Ideal Statesman in Theory and Practice by : Jonathan Zarecki

Download or read book Cicero's Ideal Statesman in Theory and Practice written by Jonathan Zarecki and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2014-04-10 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The resurgence of interest in Cicero's political philosophy in the last twenty years demands a re-evaluation of Cicero's ideal statesman and its relationship not only to Cicero's political theory but also to his practical politics. Jonathan Zarecki proposes three original arguments: firstly, that by the publication of his De Republica in 51 BC Cicero accepted that some sort of return to monarchy was inevitable. Secondly, that Cicero created his model of the ideal statesman as part of an attempt to reconcile the mixed constitution of Rome's past with his belief in the inevitable return of sole-person rule. Thirdly, that the ideal statesman was the primary construct against which Cicero viewed the political and military activities of Pompey, Caesar and Antony, and himself.

Cicero: On Moral Ends

Author : Marcus Tullius Cicero
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521669016
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (69 download)

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Download or read book Cicero: On Moral Ends written by Marcus Tullius Cicero and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2001-08-16 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An accessible 2001 translation of Cicero's important work on ethics.

Cicero on the Philosophy of Religion

Author : J. P. F. Wynne
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107070481
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)

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Book Synopsis Cicero on the Philosophy of Religion by : J. P. F. Wynne

Download or read book Cicero on the Philosophy of Religion written by J. P. F. Wynne and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-10-17 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do the gods love you? Cicero gives deep and surprising answers in two philosophical dialogues on traditional Roman religion.

Cicero

Author : Malcolm Schofield
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 019968491X
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (996 download)

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Download or read book Cicero written by Malcolm Schofield and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2021-01-15 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers an innovative account of Cicero's treatment of key political ideas: liberty and equality, government, law, cosmopolitanism and imperialism, republican virtues, and ethical decision-making in politics. Cicero (106-43 BC), a major figure in Roman politics, was the first to articulate a philosophical rationale for republicanism.

Cicero's De Finibus

Author : Julia Annas
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107074835
Total Pages : 275 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Cicero's De Finibus written by Julia Annas and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book opens up Cicero's work philosophically, taking us deeper into ancient ethical debates and into Cicero's own sceptical stance.

Cicero

Author : Raphael Woolf
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 9781844658404
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (584 download)

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Download or read book Cicero written by Raphael Woolf and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cicero's philosophical works introduced Latin audiences to the ideas of the Stoics, Epicureans and other schools and figures of the post-Aristotelian period, thus influencing the transmission of those ideas through later history. While Cicero's value as documentary evidence for the Hellenistic schools is unquestioned, Cicero: The Philosophy of a Roman Sceptic explores his writings as works of philosophy that do more than simply synthesize the thought of others, but instead offer a unique viewpoint of their own. In this volume Raphael Woolf describes and evaluates Cicero's philosophical achievements, paying particular attention to his relation to those philosophers he draws upon in his works, his Romanizing of Greek philosophy, and his own sceptical and dialectical outlook. The volume aims, using the best tools of philosophical, philological and historical analysis, to do Cicero justice as a distinctive philosophical voice. Situating Cicero's work in its historical and political context, this volume provides a detailed analysis of the thought of one of the finest orators and writers of the Roman period. Written in an accessible and engaging style, Cicero: The Philosophy of a Roman Sceptic is a key resource for those interested in Cicero's role in shaping Classical philosophy.

A Written Republic

Author : Yelena Baraz
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400842166
Total Pages : 267 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book A Written Republic written by Yelena Baraz and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2012-04-29 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Philosophical Life in Cicero's Letters

Author : Sean McConnell
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139916718
Total Pages : 269 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (399 download)

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Download or read book Philosophical Life in Cicero's Letters written by Sean McConnell and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-04-03 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Cicero: On Duties

Author : Marcus Tullius Cicero
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521348355
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (483 download)

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Download or read book Cicero: On Duties written by Marcus Tullius Cicero and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1991-02-21 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: De Officiis (On Duties) was Cicero's last philosophical work. In it he made use of Greek thought to formulate the political and ethical values of Roman Republican society as he saw them, revealing incidentally a great deal about actual practice. Writing at a time of political crisis after the assassination of Julius Caesar in 44BC, when it was not clear how much of the old Republican order would survive, Cicero here handed on the insights of an elder statesman, adept at political theory and practice, to his son, and through him, to the younger generation in general. De Officiis has often been treated merely as a key to the lost Greek works that Cicero used. This volume aims to render De Officiis, which was such an important influence on later masterpieces of Western political thought, more intelligible by explaining its relation to its own time and place. A wholly new translation is accompanied by a lucid introduction and all the standard features of Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought, including a chronology, select bibliography, and notes on the vocabulary and significant individuals mentioned in the text.

Cicero

Author : Raphael Woolf
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317532198
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (175 download)

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Download or read book Cicero written by Raphael Woolf and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-02-11 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cicero’s philosophical works introduced Latin audiences to the ideas of the Stoics, Epicureans and other schools and figures of the post-Aristotelian period, thus influencing the transmission of those ideas through later history. While Cicero’s value as documentary evidence for the Hellenistic schools is unquestioned, Cicero: The Philosophy of a Roman Sceptic explores his writings as works of philosophy that do more than simply synthesize the thought of others, but instead offer a unique viewpoint of their own. In this volume Raphael Woolf describes and evaluates Cicero’s philosophical achievements, paying particular attention to his relation to those philosophers he draws upon in his works, his Romanizing of Greek philosophy, and his own sceptical and dialectical outlook. The volume aims, using the best tools of philosophical, philological and historical analysis, to do Cicero justice as a distinctive philosophical voice. Situating Cicero’s work in its historical and political context, this volume provides a detailed analysis of the thought of one of the finest orators and writers of the Roman period. Written in an accessible and engaging style, Cicero: The Philosophy of a Roman Sceptic is a key resource for those interested in Cicero’s role in shaping Classical philosophy.

On the Good Life

Author : Cicero
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141920181
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (419 download)

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Download or read book On the Good Life written by Cicero and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2005-06-30 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the great Roman orator and statesman Cicero, 'the good life' was at once a life of contentment and one of moral virtue - and the two were inescapably intertwined. This volume brings together a wide range of his reflections upon the importance of moral integrity in the search for happiness. In essays that are articulate, meditative and inspirational, Cicero presents his views upon the significance of friendship and duty to state and family, and outlines a clear system of practical ethics that is at once simple and universal. These works offer a timeless reflection upon the human condition, and a fascinating insight into the mind of one of the greatest thinkers of Ancient Rome.

The Cambridge Companion to Cicero's Philosophy

Author : Jed W. Atkins
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108265642
Total Pages : 357 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (82 download)

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Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Cicero's Philosophy written by Jed W. Atkins and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-12-16 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

On Duties

Author : Cicero
Publisher : Stonewell Press
ISBN 13 : 9781627301152
Total Pages : 158 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book On Duties written by Cicero and published by Stonewell Press. This book was released on 2015-05-19 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On Duties was written in October-November of 44 B.C. during Cicero's last year at age sixty-two in an attempt to define the ideals of public behavior. Active in politics, the practical philosopher tried to prevent revolutionary forces from taking control of the Roman Republic. Despite his efforts, the republican system failed to revive even upon the assassination of Caesar, and Cicero was himself assassinated shortly thereafter. Fortunately, his writings on how citizens of a republic should live have survived in this remarkable book, with as much relevance now as it had 2,000 years ago. Written in the form of a letter to Cicero's son, On Duties expounds the philosopher's conception of the best way to live, behave, and observe moral obligations--something desperately needed in the midst of today's political turmoil. In addition to sharing excellent moral instruction, On Duties gives a clear-eyed depiction of Roman political life under the Republic. On Duties is also known as On Obligations or On Moral Duties. The original Latin title was De Officiis. When the Gutenberg printing press was invented, De Officiis was the second book to be printed, after the Holy Bible. Early philosophers, historians, and religious thinkers who spoke highly of De Officiis included St. Ambrose, St. Thomas Aquinas, Petrarch, Erasmus, Melanchthon, Grotius, and Locke.

On Moral Duties (de Officiis) (Dodo Press)

Author : Marcus Tullius Cicero
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781409942030
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (42 download)

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Download or read book On Moral Duties (de Officiis) (Dodo Press) written by Marcus Tullius Cicero and published by . This book was released on 2008-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 â€œrighteous paganâ€ 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.