Cicero's ideal statesman in theory and practice
By: Jonathan Zarecki
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Published: 2014
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 212
ISBN-13: 9781780932958; 9781780934709; 9781780934716
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Political and social views
Description: "The resurgence of interest in Cicero's political philosophy in the last twenty years demands a re-evaluation of Cicero's ideal statesman and its relationship not only to Cicero's political theory but also to his practical politics. Jonathan Zarecki proposes three original arguments: firstly, that by the publication of his 'De Republica' in 51 BC Cicero accepted that some sort of return to monarchy was inevitable. Secondly, that Cicero created his model of the ideal statesman as part of an attempt to reconcile the mixed constitution of Rome's past with his belief in the inevitable return of sole-person rule. Thirdly, that the ideal statesman was the primary construct against which Cicero viewed the political and military activities of Pompey, Caesar and Antony, and himself."--Publisher's website.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Academic Skepticism and Cicero's Political Philosophy; title: Cicero's Philosophical Politics; title: De Re Publica and the Outbreak of Civil War; title: Rex Caesar and the Rector-ideal; title: The Ultimate Failure of the Rector-ideal.