Considerations about Partners in Dialogue in Cicero’s Paradoxa Stoicorum

Autore: Galli, Daniela
Titolo: Considerations about Partners in Dialogue in Cicero’s Paradoxa Stoicorum
Rivista/Miscellanea: Ciceroniana On Line, VIII,
Anno edizione: 2024
Pagine: 177-192
Parole chiave: Philosophie - Filosofia - Philosophy, Stylistique et genres littéraires - Stilistica e generi letterari - Stylistics and literary genre
Descrizione: My analysis will focus on the choice of partners in dialogue. The figures  chosen  as  partners  in  dialogue  in  Cicero’s  Paradoxa are  all  closely  related to Caesar; even Caesar himself makes an appearance. Cicero suggests through  his  philosophical  analysis  that  men  belonging  to  Caesar’s  circle and Caesar himself live according to values that are the opposite of the Stoic ethical principles discussed. The aim is not to establish or even outline any definitive anti-Caesarian position taken by Cicero. Nonetheless, underpinning this study is the consideration that Cicero wavered in his view of and relationship to the figure of Caesar in the different phases of Caesar’s rise to power [Author]
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Link: https://ojs.unito.it/index.php/COL/article/view/10906/8975
Sigla autore: Galli 2024