The Cambridge Companion to Cicero's Philosophy

Description

Cicero is one of the most important and influential thinkers within the history of Western philosophy. For the last thirty years, his reputation as a philosopher has once again been on the rise after close to a century of very low esteem. This Companion introduces readers to 'Cicero the philosopher' and to his philosophical writings. It provides a handy port-of-call for those interested in Cicero's original contributions to a wide variety of topics such as epistemology, the emotions, determinism and responsibility, cosmopolitanism, republicanism, philosophical translation, dialogue, aging, friendship, and more. The international, interdisciplinary team of scholars represented in this volume highlights the historical significance and contemporary relevance of Cicero's writings, and suggests pathways for future scholarship on Cicero's philosophy as we move through the twenty-first century.

Jed W. Atkins is the E. Blake Byrne Associate Professor of Classical Studies, Associate Professor of Political Science, and Director of the Arete Initiative at Duke University. He is author of Cicero on Politics and the Limits of Reason (Cambridge, 2013) and Roman Political Thought (Cambridge, 2018). Thomas Benatouil is Professor of Ancient Philosophy at the Universite de Lille. He is the author and editor of several books and articles in both French and English on ancient philosophy, and in particular Stoicism and its contemporary reception, and is the co-editor of the journal Philosophie antique.