Cicero's de Finibus: Philosophical Approaches

ISBN-13: 9781107074835 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 276 str.

Julia Annas; Gabor Betegh

Opis

This book opens up Cicero's work philosophically, taking us deeper into ancient ethical debates and into Cicero's own sceptical stance.

Spis treści

Introduction Julia Annas; 1. Cicero's sceptical methods: the example of the De Finibus Charles Brittain; 2. Epicurean pleasure in Cicero's De Finibus James Warren; 3. Cicero and Epicurean virtues (De Finibus 1-2) Pierre-Marie Morel; 4. Epicurus on the importance of friendship in the good life (De Finibus 1.65-70; 2.78-85) Dorothea Frede; 5. Honor and the honorable: Cato's discourse in De Finibus 3 Margaret Graver; 6. The voice of nature Brad Inwood; 7. Sententia explosa: criticism of Stoic ethics in De Finibus 4 Anna Maria Ioppolo; 8. Structure, standards and Stoic moral progress in De Finibus 4 Thomas Bénatouïl; 9. Antiochus' theory of oikeiōsis Christopher Gill.