Roman Reflections: Studies in Latin Philosophy - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0199999767 ISBN 13 : 9780199999767

Editeur : Oxford University Press Inc, 2015

Synopsis

When the Romans adopted Greek literary genres, artistic techniques, and iconographies, they did not slavishly imitate their models. Rather, the Romans created vibrant and original literature and art. The same is true for philosophy, though the rich Roman philosophical tradition is still too often treated as a mere footnote to the history of Greek philosophy. This volume aims to reassert the significance of Roman philosophy and to explore the "Romanness" of philosophical writings and practices in the Roman world. The contributors reveal that the Romans, in their creative adaptation of Greek modes of thought, developed sophisticated forms of philosophical discourse shaped by their own history and institutions, concepts and values-and last, but not least, by the Latin language, which nearly all Roman philosophers used to express their ideas.

The thirteen chapters-which are authored by an international group of specialists in ancient philosophy, Latin literature, and Roman social and intellectual history-move from Roman attitudes to and practices of philosophy to the great late Republican writers Cicero and Lucretius, then onwards to the early Empire and the work of Seneca the Younger, and finally to Epictetus, Apuleius, and Augustine. Using a variety of approaches, the essays do not combine into one grand narrative but instead demonstrate the diversity and originality of the Roman philosophical discourse over the centuries.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Gareth D. Williams is Professor of Classics at Columbia University and a specialist in Latin literature of the early empire.

Katharina Volk is Professor of Classics at Columbia University and a specialist in Latin literature and Roman culture.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oxford University Press Inc
• Date d'édition: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0199999767
• ISBN 13: 9780199999767
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 320
• Éditeur: Williams Gareth D., Volk Katharina
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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