Epicurus in Rome philosophical perspectives in the Ciceronian age
The role of Greek thought in the final days of the Roman republic is a topic that has garnered much attention in recent years. This volume of essays, commissioned specially from a distinguished international group of scholars, explores the role and influence of Greek philosophy, specifically Epicure...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press
2023.
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| Edición: | First edition |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009769416406719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1. Introduction Sergio Yona; Part I. Epicurus and Roman Identities: 2. Sint ista Graecorum: How to be an Epicurean in Late Republican Rome - Evidence from Cicero's On Ends 1-2 Geert Roskam; 3. Cicero's Rhetoric of Anti-Epicureanism: Anonymity as Critique Daniel P. Hanchey; 4. Was Atticus an Epicurean? Nathan Gilbert; 5. Caesar the Epicurean? A Matter of Life and Death Katharina Volk; 6. Otium and Voluptas: Catullus and Roman Epicureanism Monica Gale; Part II. Epicurus and Lucretian Postures: 7. 'Love it or Leave it.' Nature's Ultimatum in Lucretius' On the Nature of Things (3.931-962) Elizabeth Asmis; 8. Kitsch, Death and the Epicurean Pamela Gordon; 9. Page, Stage, Image: Confronting Ennius with Lucretius' On the Nature of Things Mathias Hanses; 10. Lucretius on the Size of the Sun T. H. M. Gellar-Goad.
