This book argues that Cicero deserves to be spoken of with more respect and to be studied with greater care. Using Plato's influence on Cicero's life and writings as a clue, Altman reveals the ineffable combination of qualities that enabled Cicero not only to revive Platonism, but also to rival Plato himself.
This book argues that Cicero deserves to be spoken of with more respect and to be studied with greater care. Using Plato's influence on Cicero's life and writings as a clue, Altman reveals the ineffable combination of qualities that enabled Cicero not only to revive Platonism, but also to rival Plato himself.
William H. F. Altman, an independent scholar now living in Brazil, is a retired public high school teacher with more than thirty years experience teaching history, Latin, and the humanities.
Inhaltsangabe
Preface Introduction: Cicero as Platonis aemulus Part 1: The Foundations of Cicero's Platonic Revival Chapter 1. Cicero's Platonic personae and the Problem of De legibus Chapter 2. Augustine's Hortensius and the Invention of "Cicero" Chapter 3. Self-Contradictory Skepticism in the Academica Chapter 4. The Limits of Stoicism and Tullia's Shrine in De finibus Part 2: The Literary Fruits of Cicero's Platonism Chapter 5. Womanly Humanism in the Tusculanae Disputationes Chapter 6. Phaedo and Timaeus in De natura deorum Chapter 7. Interpreting Plato's Dreams in De divinatione Chapter 8. Epicurus, Chrysippus, and Homer in De fato Chapter 9. The Ciceronian Renaissancein De senectute and De amicitia Part 3:Cicero's Platonism in Action Chapter 10. Returning in Topica, De officiis, and the Philippics Chapter 11. Brutus as Funeral Oration. Chapter 12. Ending with Orator. Bibliography
Preface Introduction: Cicero as Platonis aemulus Part 1: The Foundations of Cicero's Platonic Revival Chapter 1. Cicero's Platonic personae and the Problem of De legibus Chapter 2. Augustine's Hortensius and the Invention of "Cicero" Chapter 3. Self-Contradictory Skepticism in the Academica Chapter 4. The Limits of Stoicism and Tullia's Shrine in De finibus Part 2: The Literary Fruits of Cicero's Platonism Chapter 5. Womanly Humanism in the Tusculanae Disputationes Chapter 6. Phaedo and Timaeus in De natura deorum Chapter 7. Interpreting Plato's Dreams in De divinatione Chapter 8. Epicurus, Chrysippus, and Homer in De fato Chapter 9. The Ciceronian Renaissancein De senectute and De amicitia Part 3:Cicero's Platonism in Action Chapter 10. Returning in Topica, De officiis, and the Philippics Chapter 11. Brutus as Funeral Oration. Chapter 12. Ending with Orator. Bibliography
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