Cicero and Socrates

Autore: McConnell, Sean
Titolo: Cicero and Socrates
Rivista/Miscellanea: In : C. Moore (Ed.), Brill's companion to the reception of Socrates.
Luogo edizione: Leiden
Editore: Brill Academic
Anno edizione: 2019
Pagine: 347-366
Parole chiave: Philosophie - Filosofia - Philosophy
Descrizione: Much has been written on Cicero’s deployment of the Socratic method of in utramque partem argument, his use of Plato’s Socratic dialogues as literary models, and so forth. There has been less attention given to the nature of Cicero’s reception of ‘Socrates the man’. In this chapter I consider Cicero’s reception of ‘Socrates the man’ and argue that essentially he saw Socrates as an important model for ‘philosophy in practical life’ [Author].
Sigla autore: McConnell 2019