Cicero's philosophy of history /

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Cicero has long been seen to embody the values of the Roman republic. This provocative study of Cicero's use of history reveals that rather than promoting his own values, Cicero uses historical representation to explore the difficulties of finding any ideological coherence in Rome's politi...

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Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
Fox, Matthew
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Zusammenfassung:
Cicero has long been seen to embody the values of the Roman republic. This provocative study of Cicero's use of history reveals that rather than promoting his own values, Cicero uses historical representation to explore the difficulties of finding any ideological coherence in Rome's political or cultural traditions. Matthew Fox looks to the scepticism of Cicero's philosophical education for an understanding of his perspective on Rome's history, and argues that neglect of thesceptical tradition has transformed the doubting, ambiguous Cicero into the confident proponent of Roman values. Through
Umfang:
1 online resource (359 p.)
Anmerkungen:
Description based upon print version of record.
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English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [322]-336) and indexes.
ISBN:
1-281-16087-3
9786611160876
0-19-152639-8
1-4356-2150-6
Schlagworte:
Cicero, Marcus Tullius > Criticism and interpretation.
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