Roman reflections : studies in Latin philosophy / edited by Gareth D. Williams and Katharina Volk.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Williams, Gareth D., editor.

Volk, Katharina, 1969- editor.

Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy, Ancient--Congresses.

Philosophy, Ancient.

Rome--Civilization--Congresses.

Rome.

Rome (Empire).

Civilization.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

x, 304 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2016]

Contents:

Introduction

PART I. Philosophy and philosophi : from Cicero to Apuleius / Harry Hine

PART II. Roman Pythagoras / Katharina Volk

Philosophy is in the streets / James E.G. Zetzel

To see and to be seen : on vision and perception in Lucretius and Cicero / Tobias Reinhardt

Teaching Pericles : Cicero on the study of nature / Gretchen Reydams-Schils

PART III. Tyrants, fire, and dangerous things / Andrew M. Riggsby

Precept(or) and example in Seneca / Matthew Roller

True greatness of soul in Seneca's De constantia sapientis / Yelena Baraz

Minding the gap : Seneca, the self, and the sublime / Gareth D. Williams

The emotional intelligence of Epicureans : doctrinalism and adaptation in Seneca's Epistles / Margaret Graver

PART IV. "You're playing you now" : Helvidius Priscus as a Stoic hero / Wolfgang-Rainer Mann

Patonizing Latin : Apuleius' Phaedo / Richard Fletcher

Why ancient skeptics don't doubt the existence of the external world : Augustine and the beginnings of modern skepticism / Katja Maria Vogt.

Notes:

Collection of 13 essays delivered at a conference held at Columbia University in March 2012.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

0199999767

9780199999767

OCLC:

885312783

Publisher Number:

99965079615