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A written republic : Cicero's philosophical politics /

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, pe...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Baraz, Yelena, 1975-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2012.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Otiose otium: the status of intellectual activity in late republican prefaces
  • On a more personal note: philosophy in the letters
  • The gift of philosophy: the treatises as translations
  • With the same voice: oratory as a transitional space
  • Reading a Ciceronian preface: strategies of reader management
  • Philosophy after Caesar: the new direction.