Cicero's De finibus
Subtitle: philosophical approaches
By: edited by Julia Annas and Gábor Betegh
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Cambridge, United Kingdom
Language: eng
Number of pages: 266
ISBN-13: 9781107074835; 9781316446973
Subjects: De finibus bonorum et malorum (Cicero, Marcus Tullius); 08.21 Ancient philosophy; De finibus bonorum et malorum (Cicero); Stoics; Ancient Ethics; PHILOSOPHY; History & Surveys; Ancient & Classical; Good and evil
Description: "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"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 248-258) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction  -- Julia Annas -- 1.; title: Cicero's sceptical methods: the example of the De Finibus  -- Charles Brittain -- 2.; title: Epicurean pleasure in Cicero's De Finibus  -- James Warren -- 3.; title: Cicero and Epicurean virtues (De Finibus 1-2)  -- Pierre-Marie Morel -- 4.; title: Epicurus on the importance of friendship in the good life (De Finibus 1.65-70; 2.78-85)  -- Dorothea Frede -- 5.; title: Honor and the honorable: Cato's discourse in De Finibus 3  -- Margaret Graver -- 6.; title: The voice of nature  -- Brad Inwood -- 7.; title: Sententia explosa: criticism of Stoic ethics in De Finibus 4  -- Anna Maria Ioppolo -- 8.; title: Structure, standards and Stoic moral progress in De Finibus 4  -- Thomas Bénatouil -- 9.; title: Antiochus' theory of oikeiôsis -- Christopher Gill.