Philosophia Togata I - Essays on Philosophy and Roman Society

Zusatztext The whole book is impeccably presented! and all the essays are of casual interest. Klappentext In this volume scholars from all three disciplines investigate the interaction of philosophy and Roman political and cultural life in the late Republic and early Empire, with particular emphasis on the first century BC which can be seen as the formative period. Zusammenfassung This volume contains papers from scholars of classical literature, Roman history, and ancient philosophy. The theme is the mutual interaction of philosophy and Roman political and cultural life, with particular emphasis on the 1st century BC which can be seen as the formative period. Inhaltsverzeichnis M. Griffin: Philosophy, politics, and politicians at Rome; I. G. Kidd: Posidonius as Philosopher-Historian; J. Barnes: Antiochus of Ascalon; D. Sedley: Philosophical allegiance in the Greco-Roman world; D. P. Fowler: Lucretius and politics; J. Annas: Cicero on stoic moral philosophy and private property; P. A. Brunt: Philosophy and religion in the late republic; C. Pelling: Plutarch: Roman heroes and Greek culture; E. Rawson: Roman rulers and the philosophic adviser

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• Authors: Jonathan Griffin Barnes, Miriam (Tutorial Fellow in Ancient Histor Griffin
• Assisted by: Jonathan Barnes (Editor), Barnes Jonathan (Editor), Miriam Griffin (Editor), Griffin Miriam (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.01.1997
• EAN: 9780198150855
• ISBN: 978-0-19-815085-5
• No. of pages: 316
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; European History, HISTORY / Ancient / Rome, HISTORY / Europe / General, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, Ancient Rome, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500