Paideia Romana : Cicero's Tusculan Disputations.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gildenhard, Ingo, 1970-

Contributor:

Cambridge Philosophical Society.

Series:

Cambridge classical journal. Supplementary volume ; 30.

Cambridge Classical Journal Supplementary Volume ; v.30

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cicero, Marcus Tullius. Tusculanae disputationes--Criticism, Textual.

Cicero, Marcus Tullius.

Cicero, Marcus Tullius Tusculanae disputationes--Criticism, Textual.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (335 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Havertown : Cambridge Philological Society, 2007.

Summary:

Paideia Romana: Cicero's Tusculan Disputations takes a new look at an unloved text of the western canon to reveal it as a punchy and profoundly original work, arguably Cicero's most ingenious literary response to the tyranny of Caesar. The book shows how the Tusculans' much lambasted literary design, critically isolated prefaces, and overlooked didactic plot start to cohere once we read the dialogue for what it is: not a Latin treatise on Greek philosophy, but a Roman drama on education, with a strong political subtext. The first chapter ('The form – enigmas and answers') tries to make sense of those features of the work that scholars have found baffling or disappointing, such as the nondescript characters, the uncertain genre, or the lack of setting. Chapter 2 ('The prologues – in tyrannum and cultural warfare') analyses how Cicero in his prologues to the five individual books situates his desire to create and teach a 'Latin philosophy' within wider contexts, in particular the dictatorship of Caesar and the intellectual traditions of Greece and Rome. The final chapter 3 ('The plot – teacher and student') explores the pedagogy enacted in the dialogue as a form of constructive outreach, addressed to a future generation of Roman aristocrats. With its emphasis on rhetoric, literary artistry, and historical context, the present volume breaks with earlier scholarship on the Tusculans and thereby makes a significant contribution to the on-going reassessment of Cicero's thought and authorial practice.

Contents:

Intro

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1 The form - enigmas and answers

2 The prologues - in tyrannum and cultural warfare

3 The plot - teacher and student

Conclusion

Appendices

A. The date of the Tusculans

B. Genre matters

Editions cited and bibliography

Extended table of contents

Index of passages

Index of names and themes.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Other Format:

Print version: Gildenhard, Ingo Paideia Romana

ISBN:

9781913701369

OCLC:

1293260042