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1 online resource (160 pages) |
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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 |
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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 |
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NotesBibliography; Index Locorum; General Index |
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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: firstly, that by the publication of his 'De Republica' in 51 BC Cicero accepted that some sort of return to monarchy was inevitable. Secondly, that Cicero created his model of the ideal statesman as part of an attempt to reconcile the mixed constitution of Rome's past with his belief in the inevitable return of sole-person rule. Thirdly, that the ideal statesman was the primary construct against which Cicero viewed the political and military activities of Pompey, Caesar and Antony, and himself |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Print version record |
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Cicero, Marcus Tullius -- Political and social views
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Cicero, Marcus Tullius. fast (OCoLC)fst00032861 |
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Ancient history: to c 500 CE.
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Classical history -- classical civilisation.
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FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- Ancient Languages.
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Political and social views.
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781780934716 |
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1780934718 |
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9781780934709 |
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178093470X |
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9781306720496 |
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1306720494 |
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