Cicero : political philosophy / Malcolm Schofield.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schofield, Malcolm, author.

Series:

Founders of modern political and social thought.

Oxford scholarship online.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cicero, Marcus Tullius--Political and social views.

Cicero, Marcus Tullius.

Republicanism--Rome--Philosophy.

Republicanism.

Philosophy, Ancient.

Political science--Philosophy.

Political science.

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

Rome.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 285 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Political philosophy

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2021.

Summary:

This title offers an innovative account of Cicero's treatment of key political ideas: liberty and equality, government, law, cosmopolitanism and imperialism, republican virtues, and ethical decision-making in politics.

Contents:

Cover

Cicero: Political Philosophy

Copyright

Dedication

Preface

Acknowledgements

Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction: Contexts

1. Cicero in the Western tradition

2. A brief life

3. Rehabilitation

4. Writing political philosophy

5. Prospect

Notes

Chapter 2: Liberty, Equality, and Popular Sovereignty

1. Libertas in Roman political discourse

2. Senate and people

3. Liberty and equality

4. Equality and liberty in On the commonwealth

5. Popular sovereignty

Chapter 3: Government

1. On the commonwealth

2. The consensus of justice

3. Kingship, aristocracy, popular rule: their drawbacks

4. Consilium and political stability

5. History and theory

6. Crisis and leadership

7. On laws

8. Conclusion

Chapter 4: Cosmopolitanism, Imperialism, and the Idea of Law

1. Cosmopolitanism

2. Cicero's conception of law

3. The law code

4. Laws 'for all good and stable nations'

5. Justice and imperialism

6. Conclusion

Chapter 5: Republican Virtues

1. Civic virtue

2. Roman virtues

3. Justice

4. Magnitudo animi

5. Verecundia

6. The republican citizen

Chapter 6: Republican Decision-making

1. Citizen decision

2. Principles, rules, and the casuistry of exceptions

3. Civil war

4. Tyranny

5. Friendship

6. Tyrannicide

Chapter 7: Epilogue: Philosophical Debate and Normative Theory

1. Introduction

2. Silencing debate

3. Full-throttled debate

4. Final thoughts

Bibliography

Index of Passages

General Index

Notes:

This edition also issued in print: 2021.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-190446-5

0-19-150793-8

0-19-263791-6