Author: Corso de Estrada, Laura
Title: Auctoritas of the Thirteenth Century: Thomas Aquinas and Natural Teleology in the Ciceronian Tradition
Review/Collection: in Hahmann, Andree & Vazquez, Michael, Cicero as Philosopher - New Perspectives on His Philosophy and Its Legacy, De Gruyter, 2025, 412 p.
Place edition: Berlin Boston
Editor: De Gruyter
Year edition: 2025
Pages: 265-284
Keywords: Héritage - Fortuna - Legacy, Philosophie - Filosofia - Philosophy
Description: Laura Corso de Estrada vindicates Cicero’s status as an auctoritas within scholasticism. Beginning with pre-Thomistic antecedents, she establishes the importance of Ciceronian ideas in the work of figures such as William of Auxerre and Philip the Chancellor. Then she turns to the intellectual giant of thirteenth century Europe, Thomas Aquinas. Corso de Estrada moves us beyond the simple observation that Aquinas frequently mentions Cicero by demonstrating the depth and importance of Aquinas’ creative reinterpretation of Cicero’s natural teleology and philosophical anthropology [Hahmann & Vazquez 2025, 7].
Author initials: Corso de Estrada 2025
Title: Auctoritas of the Thirteenth Century: Thomas Aquinas and Natural Teleology in the Ciceronian Tradition
Review/Collection: in Hahmann, Andree & Vazquez, Michael, Cicero as Philosopher - New Perspectives on His Philosophy and Its Legacy, De Gruyter, 2025, 412 p.
Place edition: Berlin Boston
Editor: De Gruyter
Year edition: 2025
Pages: 265-284
Keywords: Héritage - Fortuna - Legacy, Philosophie - Filosofia - Philosophy
Description: Laura Corso de Estrada vindicates Cicero’s status as an auctoritas within scholasticism. Beginning with pre-Thomistic antecedents, she establishes the importance of Ciceronian ideas in the work of figures such as William of Auxerre and Philip the Chancellor. Then she turns to the intellectual giant of thirteenth century Europe, Thomas Aquinas. Corso de Estrada moves us beyond the simple observation that Aquinas frequently mentions Cicero by demonstrating the depth and importance of Aquinas’ creative reinterpretation of Cicero’s natural teleology and philosophical anthropology [Hahmann & Vazquez 2025, 7].
Author initials: Corso de Estrada 2025
