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 The mutual interaction of philosophy and Roman political and cultural life has aroused more and more interest in recent years among students of classical literature, Roman history, and ancient philosophy. In this volume, which gathers together some of the papers originally delivered at the seminar on Philosophy and Roman Society in the University of Oxford, scholars from all three disciplines investigate this interaction in the late Republic and early Empire, with particular emphasis on the first century BC which can be seen as the formative period. The book contains chapters on such key figures as Posidonius, Antiochus of Ascalon, Philodemus, Lucretius, Cicero, and Plutarch, as well as general essays on `Philosophy, Politics, and Politicians at Rome', and `Roman Rulers and the Philosophic Adviser'. There is also an analytical bibliography. 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
• 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: 01.01.1997
• 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