Philosophia Togata I: Essays on Philosophy and Roman Society

ISBN-13: 9780198150855 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 320 str.

Jonathan Barnes; Miriam Griffin

Opis

In recent years, the mutual interaction between philosophy and Roman political and cultural life has aroused much interest. In this collection of papers, originally delivered at the seminar on Philosophy and Roman Society at the University of Oxford, scholars from several disciplines investigate this interaction in the late Republic and early Empire, with particular emphasis on the formative period of the first century B.C. The book presents chapters on key digures such 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," with contributions from Julia Annas, P.A. Brunt, David Sedley, and others.

Recenzje

The whole book is impeccably presented, and all the essays are of casual interest.

Spis treści

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