Autore: Hawley, Michael C.
Titolo: Cicero and the Philosophic Grounds of Liberty
Rivista/Miscellanea: «Polis» 42, 1
Anno edizione: 2025
Pagine: 29-50
Parole chiave: Philosophie - Filosofia - Philosophy, Politique - Politica - Politics
Descrizione: The prevailing view of the origin of the idea of republican liberty holds that it emerged as a polemical tool to wield against political opponents in the Roman republic. But viewing republican liberty as partisan rhetorical device has obscured the important philosophical innovations that were necessary to render it theoretically viable and coherent. Turning to Cicero, the earliest extant theorist of republican liberty, I seek to explore the depth of the conceptual revolution that made it possible to articulate that ideal. Cicero transforms the practice of republican libertas into a coherent ideal through a re-thinking of some of the central claims of Greek political philosophy [Author]
Sigla autore: Hawley 2025
Titolo: Cicero and the Philosophic Grounds of Liberty
Rivista/Miscellanea: «Polis» 42, 1
Anno edizione: 2025
Pagine: 29-50
Parole chiave: Philosophie - Filosofia - Philosophy, Politique - Politica - Politics
Descrizione: The prevailing view of the origin of the idea of republican liberty holds that it emerged as a polemical tool to wield against political opponents in the Roman republic. But viewing republican liberty as partisan rhetorical device has obscured the important philosophical innovations that were necessary to render it theoretically viable and coherent. Turning to Cicero, the earliest extant theorist of republican liberty, I seek to explore the depth of the conceptual revolution that made it possible to articulate that ideal. Cicero transforms the practice of republican libertas into a coherent ideal through a re-thinking of some of the central claims of Greek political philosophy [Author]
Sigla autore: Hawley 2025
