Author: Auvray-Assayas, Clara
Title: Contra physicos…Carneadeo more multa disputata: Cicero’s Timaeus and the Discussions about Physics in De Natura Deorum, De Divinatione, and De Fato
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: 81-97
Keywords: Philosophie - Filosofia - Philosophy
Description: Clara Auvray-Assayas sheds light on a unique aspect of Cicero’s method, namely his use of the Carneadean practice of contra dicere to challenge dogmatic accounts of physics. Auvray-Assayas examines thematic connections between Cicero’s triptych on the gods, providence, and fate on the one hand, and the fragmentary translation of Plato’s Timaeus on the other. She argues that Cicero’s efforts in natural philosophy reflect, rather than contradict, his commitment to undogmatic skepticism [Hahmann & Vazquez 2025, 5].
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Author initials: Auvray-Assayas 2025
Title: Contra physicos…Carneadeo more multa disputata: Cicero’s Timaeus and the Discussions about Physics in De Natura Deorum, De Divinatione, and De Fato
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: 81-97
Keywords: Philosophie - Filosofia - Philosophy
Description: Clara Auvray-Assayas sheds light on a unique aspect of Cicero’s method, namely his use of the Carneadean practice of contra dicere to challenge dogmatic accounts of physics. Auvray-Assayas examines thematic connections between Cicero’s triptych on the gods, providence, and fate on the one hand, and the fragmentary translation of Plato’s Timaeus on the other. She argues that Cicero’s efforts in natural philosophy reflect, rather than contradict, his commitment to undogmatic skepticism [Hahmann & Vazquez 2025, 5].
Works:
Author initials: Auvray-Assayas 2025
