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Cicero's De finibus : philosophical approaches / edited by Julia Annas, Gábor Betegh.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cicero, Marcus Tullius. De finibus bonorum et malorum.
- Cicero, Marcus Tullius.
- Ethics, Ancient.
- Good and evil.
- Epicurus.
- Stoics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (vii, 266 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2016.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Cicero is increasingly recognised as a highly intelligent contributor to the ongoing ethical debates between Epicureans, Stoics and other schools. In this work on the fundamentals of ethics his learning as a scholar, his skill as a lawyer and his own passion for the truth result in a work which dazzles us in its presentation of the debates and at the same time exhibits the detachment of the ancient sceptic. Many kinds of reader will find themselves engaged with Cicero as well as with the ethical theories he presents. This collection takes the reader further into the debates, opening up new avenues for exploring this fascinating work.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 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 Bénatouil; 9. Antiochus' theory of oikeiôsis / Christopher Gill.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 10 Dec 2015).
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-316-44396-5
- 1-316-44697-2
- 1-316-44654-9
- 1-316-44740-5
- 1-316-44869-X
- 1-316-44955-6
- 1-139-87139-0
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