Author: Wildberger, Jula
Title: Between Chrysippus and Panaetius: Cicero’s Attitude to Second-Order Stoic Ethical Thought in De Finibus and Beyond
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: 127-150
Keywords: Philosophie - Filosofia - Philosophy, Sources - Fonti - Sources
Description: Jula Wildberger intervenes in a longstanding debate among scholars about Cicero’s vexing representations of Stoic axiology in De finibus and De officiis. She argues that Cicero’s approach to the honestum is based on a consistent ethical outlook, but one that does not straightforwardly or accurately represent the Stoic conception of the kalon. Wildberger’s chapter invites us to consider the depth, and, just as importantly, the limitations of Cicero’s engagement with the Stoic tradition [Hahmann & Vazquez 2025, 6].
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Author initials: Wildberger 2025
Title: Between Chrysippus and Panaetius: Cicero’s Attitude to Second-Order Stoic Ethical Thought in De Finibus and Beyond
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: 127-150
Keywords: Philosophie - Filosofia - Philosophy, Sources - Fonti - Sources
Description: Jula Wildberger intervenes in a longstanding debate among scholars about Cicero’s vexing representations of Stoic axiology in De finibus and De officiis. She argues that Cicero’s approach to the honestum is based on a consistent ethical outlook, but one that does not straightforwardly or accurately represent the Stoic conception of the kalon. Wildberger’s chapter invites us to consider the depth, and, just as importantly, the limitations of Cicero’s engagement with the Stoic tradition [Hahmann & Vazquez 2025, 6].
Works:
Author initials: Wildberger 2025
