Cicero's ideal statesman in theory and practice

Cicero's ideal statesman in theory and practice / by Jonathan Zarecki.

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: f...

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Main Author: Zarecki, Jonathan P., 1977- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2014.
Subjects:
Cicero, Marcus Tullius > Political and social views.
Cicero, Marcus Tullius
Ancient history: to c 500 CE.
Classical history > classical civilisation.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY > Ancient Languages.
Political and social views
Biographies
Biographies.
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover page; Halftitle page; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; I. Aims and assumptions; II. Terms and definitions; III. Individual, hypothetical, or type; IV. Organization; 1 Academic Skepticism and Cicero's Political Philosophy; I. Cicero's skepticism; II. De Re Publica as a philosophical treatise; III. Cicero's use of academic methodology in De Re Publica; 2 Cicero's Philosophical Politics; I. From consul to exile; II. Oratory and statesmanship in De Oratore; III. Pompey's annus mirabilis; 3 De Re Publica and the Outbreak of Civil War.
  • I. The explication of the rector-idealII. The rector-ideal as practical politics; III. In the shadow of two dynasts; 4 Rex Caesar and the Rector-ideal; I. The reluctant survivor: Cicero in Brundisium; II. Clemency and the statesman: Pro Marcello, Pro Ligario, and Cato; III. Philosophy under a tyrant: Cicero's program in 46-45; IV. Cicero on autocracy once more; 5 The Ultimate Failure of the Rector-ideal; I. Post-Caesarian philosophy: De Senectute, De Amicitia, and De Officiis; II. Cicero as rector: the Philippics and the fight against Antony; III. The death of the rector-ideal; Epilogue.
  • NotesBibliography; Index Locorum; General Index.

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