Roman reflections : studies in Latin philosophy /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Williams, Gareth D. (Editor), Volk, Katharina, 1969- (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2016]
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • PART I. Philosophy and philosophi : from Cicero to Apuleius / Harry Hine
  • PART II. Roman Pythagoras / Katharina Volk
  • Philosophy is in the streets / James E.G. Zetzel
  • To see and to be seen : on vision and perception in Lucretius and Cicero / Tobias Reinhardt
  • Teaching Pericles : Cicero on the study of nature / Gretchen Reydams-Schils
  • PART III. Tyrants, fire, and dangerous things / Andrew M. Riggsby
  • Precept(or) and example in Seneca / Matthew Roller
  • True greatness of soul in Seneca's De constantia sapientis / Yelena Baraz
  • Minding the gap : Seneca, the self, and the sublime / Gareth D. Williams
  • The emotional intelligence of Epicureans : doctrinalism and adaptation in Seneca's Epistles / Margaret Graver
  • PART IV. "You're playing you now" : Helvidius Priscus as a Stoic hero / Wolfgang-Rainer Mann
  • Patonizing Latin : Apuleius' Phaedo / Richard Fletcher
  • Why ancient skeptics don't doubt the existence of the external world : Augustine and the beginnings of modern skepticism / Katja Maria Vogt.