Format:
x, 304 S.
ISBN:
9780199999767
Note:
Collection of 13 essays delivered at a conference held at Columbia University in March 2012
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Includes bibliographical references
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IntroductionPART I. Philosophy and philosophi : from Cicero to Apuleius
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PART II. Roman Pythagoras
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Philosophy is in the streets
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To see and to be seen : on vision and perception in Lucretius and Cicero
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Teaching Pericles : Cicero on the study of nature
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PART III. Tyrants, fire, and dangerous things
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Precept(or) and example in Seneca
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True greatness of soul in Seneca's De constantia sapientis
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Minding the gap : Seneca, the self, and the sublime
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The emotional intelligence of Epicureans : doctrinalism and adaptation in Seneca's Epistles
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PART IV. "You're playing you now" : Helvidius Priscus as a Stoic hero
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Patonizing Latin : Apuleius' Phaedo
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Why ancient skeptics don't doubt the existence of the external world : Augustine and the beginnings of modern skepticism
Language:
English
Subjects:
Philosophy
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Ancient Studies
Keywords:
Römisches Reich
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Philosophie
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Aufsatzsammlung
Author information:
Volk, Katharina 1969-
