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Cicero's Philosophy of History

by Matthew Fox

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Cicero has long been seen to embody the values of the Roman republic. This provocative study of Cicero''s use of history reveals that rather than promoting his own values, Cicero uses historical representation to explore the difficulties of finding a... Read more
Cicero has long been seen to embody the values of the Roman republic. This provocative study of Cicero''s use of history reveals that rather than promoting his own values, Cicero uses historical representation to explore the difficulties of finding any ideological coherence in Rome''s politicalor cultural traditions. Matthew Fox looks to the scepticism of Cicero''s philosophical education for an understanding of his perspective on Rome''s history, and argues that neglect of the sceptical tradition has transformed the doubting, ambiguous Cicero into the confident proponent of Roman values.Through close reading of a range of his theoretical works, Fox uncovers an ironic attitude towards Roman history, and connects that to the use of irony in mainstream Latin historians. He concludes with a study of a little-known treatise on Cicero from the early eighteenth century which shedsconsiderable light on the history of Cicero''s reception. Less

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File size8.5 X 5.43 X 1.06 in
Print pages380
PublisherOxford University Press
Publication date September 27, 2007
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9780199211920
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Matthew Fox
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Matthew Fox is an internationally acclaimed theologian and spiritual maverick who has spent the last forty years revolutionizing Christian theology, taking on patriarchal religion, and advocating for ...

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