Assertion: cicero | /r/CapableOf | attack epicurean
Facets:
value: like his republic
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Like his Republic before this work, Cicero also attacks the Epicureans, atheists, and others whom he deems a threat to commonwealth living, synthesizes Plato and Aristotle into the Romanized Stoic philosophy that Cicero is the father of (with very explicit political overtures and intents), and what is necessary to save the Roman Republic from impending collapse.