Cicero S Practical Philosophy

Author : Walter Nicgorski
Publisher : University of Notre Dame Pess
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2012-04-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780268158118

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Cicero’s Practical Philosophy by Walter Nicgorski Pdf

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.

Author : Walter Nicgorski
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2022-08
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0268205884

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Cicero's Practical Philosophy by Walter Nicgorski Pdf

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.

Author : Walter Nicgorski
Publisher : Springer
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2016-08-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137584137

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Cicero’s Skepticism and His Recovery of Political Philosophy by Walter Nicgorski Pdf

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.

Author : Paul Lachlan MacKendrick,Karen Lee Singh
Publisher : Bloomsbury Academic
Page : 446 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : UCAL:B4351293

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The Philosophical Books of Cicero by Paul Lachlan MacKendrick,Karen Lee Singh Pdf

Author : Stefano Maso
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2022-01-19
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783110661835

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Cicero’s Philosophy by Stefano Maso Pdf

Cicero was not only a great Roman politician, lawyer and orator: he also dealt extensively with philosophy, which he believed constituted the surest foundation for his commitment to civic affairs. Not limiting himself to the translation of previous philosophical thought, he critically addressed central theoretical questions, and thereby made a lasting impact on Roman intellectual life. This book offers a modern guide to interpretations of Cicero’s philosophical studies, one that ranges across his numerous philosophical works. Addressed to students and scholars of ancient philosophy, and to interested readers in the humanities more generally, the volume aims to break down the boundaries between the philosophical, literary and linguistic dimensions of Cicero’s highly influential oeuvre. Stefano Maso is a full professor in Ancient Philosophy at the University of Ca’ Foscari – Venice. Among his books are: Grasp and Dissent: Cicero and Epicurean Philosophy (Brepols 2015); Epicurus on Eidola: Peri Phuseos Book II. Update, Proposals, and Discussions (ed. with F. Masi, Hakkert 2015). He is co-editor of “Lexis. Poetica, retorica e comunicazione nella tradizione classica”.

Author : Raphael Woolf
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2015-02-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317532194

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Cicero by Raphael Woolf Pdf

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.

Author : Robert T. Radford
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2022-06-08
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789004458642

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Cicero: A Study in the Origins of Republican Philosophy by Robert T. Radford Pdf

This book presents Cicero's natural law theory, including valuable definitions of the state, the ideal state, the ideal ruler, and the laws for the ideal state. Explanations are offered of the Greek sources of Cicero's republican philosophy, his influence on the Principate of Augustus, and his role in the development of modern political philosophy. As all the ages of the world have not produced a greater statesman and philosopher united than Cicero, his authority should have great weight (John Adams, 1787).

Author : Sean McConnell
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2014-04-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107040816

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Philosophical Life in Cicero's Letters by Sean McConnell Pdf

A fresh and exciting study of Cicero's philosophical activities and the enduring interest of his ethical and political thought.

Author : Jed W. Atkins,Thomas Bénatouïl
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2021-12-16
Category : PHILOSOPHY
ISBN : 9781108416665

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The Cambridge Companion to Cicero's Philosophy by Jed W. Atkins,Thomas Bénatouïl Pdf

Introduces Cicero's philosophy and demonstrates its relevance to many fundamental epistemological, ethical, and political issues.

Author : Cicero
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2005-06-30
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9780141920184

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On the Good Life by Cicero Pdf

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.

Author : Nathan Gilbert,Margaret Graver,Sean McConnell
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2022-12-31
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781009170338

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Power and Persuasion in Cicero's Philosophy by Nathan Gilbert,Margaret Graver,Sean McConnell Pdf

Explores Cicero's thought on a range of issues including political leadership, persuasive rhetoric, and the right use of power.

Author : Malcolm Schofield
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2021-01-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780199684915

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Cicero by Malcolm Schofield Pdf

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.

Author : Raphael Woolf
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1844658406

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Cicero by Raphael Woolf Pdf

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.

Author : Marcus Tullius Cicero
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2001-08-16
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0521669014

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Cicero: On Moral Ends by Marcus Tullius Cicero Pdf

An accessible 2001 translation of Cicero's important work on ethics.

Author : Cicero
Publisher : Stonewell Press
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2015-05-19
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1627301151

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On Duties by Cicero Pdf

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.