Cicero's Skepticism and His Recovery of Political Philosophy. ([2016])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Walter Nicgorski.
• Authors: Nicgorski, Walter
• Contents: Series Editors' Foreword ; Prefatory Note; Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 B.C.): Chronology of Life and Writings; Acknowledgments; Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1: Skepticism, Politics, and a Philosophical Foundation; Cicero's Skepticism; Skepticism Versus Wisdom; Skepticism in the Service of Wisdom; Notes; Chapter 2: The Critical and Rhetorical Modes of Philosophy; Socratic Method; Socratic Irony and Socratic Skepticism; The Socratic Way of Life; The Mixed Modes of Cicero; Perfecta Philosophia; Chapter 3: Duties and Virtue; The Right and the Useful; Nature, Natural Law, and the Virtues. The Norms of UtilityThe Primary Need: Statesmanship; Assessing the Philosophical Schools; Chapter 4: Political Philosophy and the Roman Republic; The Loving Quarrel with Plato; The Imagery of Contract and the Importance of Consent; The Assertion and Implication of Equality; The Nature of Genuine Progress; Property: End or Means?; Beyond the Roman Community; Chapter 5: The Socratic Statesman; The Requisites of Statesmanship; Developing the Prudent Statesman; Friendship's Role in Statesmanship; The Troubled Path of Glory; Virtue as True Glory; Epilogue ; References. Index of Citations of CiceroA; B; C; D; F; H; I; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; Index.
• Publisher Details: New York : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 185; Political science; Skepticism; Political theory; World politics; Political science_xPhilosophy; PHILOSOPHY -- History & Surveys -- Ancient & Classical; Philosophy; Skepticism; Political Science -- History & Theory; Philosophy -- Political; Political science & theory; Social & political philosophy; Electronic books; Philosophy
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137584137; 1137584130; 1137584785; 9781137584786
• Related ISBNs: 9781137584786; 1137584785
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed August 23, 2016).
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