Cicero's Skepticism and His Recovery of Political Philosophy / Walter Nicgorski.

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Cicero's Skepticism and His Recovery of Political Philosophy / Walter Nicgorski.

9781137584137 (electronic book)
1137584130 (electronic book)
9781137584786
1137584785

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, [2016]

English

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This volume 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.

This volume 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.

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Recovering political philosophy.

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