Rome as a guide to the good life : a philosophical grand tour /: a philosophical grand tour. (2023)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Scott Samuelson.
• Authors: Samuelson, Scott
• Contents: Introduction: Philosophy as a Guide to la Dolce Vita I Build Not Thereon 1 Die on Your Journey: The Question of Rosa Bathurst's Tombstone 2 Build on Tragedy: The Humility of Caravaggio's David with the Head of Goliath 3 Put Down Roots in the Uprooted: The Piety of Bernini's Aeneas, Anchises, and Ascanius II Remember Death 4 Be Not for Yourself Alone: Cicero in the Ruins of the Forum 5 Take the View from Above: Marcus Aurelius in the Saddle III Reap the Day 6 Conquer Your Fear: Lucretius versus the Roman Triumph 7 Dare to Be Wise: Horace's View of the City IV Love and Do What You Will 8 Hold Humanity Sacred: Seneca or Augustine versus the Colosseum 9 Crash through the Floor: The Mysteries of the Basilica of San Clemente 10 Make a Golden Ass of Yourself: The Metamorphoses in Agostino Chiti's Villa V Make a Palace of Your Memory 11 Be the Conversation: The Philosophy of Raphael's School of Athens 12 Unlock the Soul in Your Soul: Giordano Bruno in the Campo de' Fiori Conclusion: What Resists Time Is What's Ever Flowing Acknowledgments Appendix: Rome by Way of the Winged Eye Notes Index.
• Publisher Details: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press
• Publication Date: 2023
• Extent: 1 online resource (272 pages), illustrations (black and white, and colour)
• Subjects: 937.001; Philosophy, Ancient; HISTORY / Europe / Italy; Antiquities; Philosophy, Ancient; Travel; Rome -- Description and travel; Rome -- Antiquities; Rome (Italy) -- Biography; Italy -- Rome; Rome (Empire); Biographies
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780226826257; 0226826252
• Related ISBNs: 9780226826264; 0226826260; 9780226780047; 022678004X
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.