A written republic : Cicero's philosophical politics / Yelena Baraz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Baraz, Yelena, 1975-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cicero, Marcus Tullius--Political and social views.

Cicero, Marcus Tullius.

Philosophy, Ancient.

Political and social views.

Rome--Politics and government--265-30 B.C.

Rome.

Physical Description:

x, 252 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [2012]

Contents:

Chapter 1 Otiose Otium: The Status of Intellectual Activity in Late Republican Prefaces 13

Cicero's Ennins, or Anxiety about Too Much Philosophy 15

Sallust, or Anxiety about Writing 22

Rhetorica ad Herennium, or Anxiety about Status 36

Chater 2 On a More Personal Note: Philosophy in the Letters 44

Philosophy as a Basis for Action 46

Philosophy and Politics 61

Writing as a Primary Occupation 78

The Consolation of Philosophy 86

Chapter 3 The Gift of Philosophy: The Treatises as Translations 96

The Shape of Translation: Tusculans I 103

Why Translation? De Finibus I 113

Chapter 4 With the Same Voice: Oratory as a Transitional Space 128

The Philosophizing Orator: A Stoic or an Academic? Cato versus Cicero in the Paradoxa Stoicorum 131

Always Philosophizing: Cicero as the Linchpin in De Natura Deorum I 137

From Oratory to Philosophy: The Logic of Tusculan Disputations I 140

Chapter 5 Reading a Ciceronian Preface: Strategies of Reader Management 150

Making Friends with Strangers: Topica 156

Drawing Strength from Tradition: De Senectute 173

Chapter 6 Philosophy after Caesar: The New Direction 187

Looking Back: De Divinatione II 188

From the Ides to the De Officiis 194

From Quintus the Elder to Marcus the Younger: The Pattern of Dedications 204

The Final Encounter: De Officiis 212.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9780691153322

0691153329

OCLC:

745428729