Cicero - 9781844658404

Taylor & Francis

CiceroThe Philosophy of a Roman Sceptic\nAuthor(s): Raphael Woolf\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Acumen Publishing Ltd\nISBN-13: 9781844658404, 978-1844658404\nSynopsis\nCiceros philosophical works introduced Latin audiences to the ideas of the Stoics, Epicureans and other schools and figures of the post-Aristotelian period, thus influencing the transmission of those ideas through later history. While Ciceros value as documentary evidence for the Hellenistic schools is unquestioned, Cicero: The Philosophy of a Roman Sceptic explores his writings as works of philosophy that do more than simply synthesize the thought of others, but instead offer a unique viewpoint of their own. In this volume Raphael Woolf describes and evaluates Ciceros philosophical achievements, paying particular attention to his relation to those philosophers he draws upon in his works, his Romanizing of Greek philosophy, and his own sceptical and dialectical outloo.