Author: Müller, Jörn
Title: Does Philosophy Provide a Secure Path to Perfect Happiness? Cicero’s Discussion of the Sufficiency Thesis in Tusculan Disputations 5
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: 151-172
Keywords: Philosophie - Filosofia - Philosophy
Description: Jörn Müller, focusing on what he takes to be the climax of Cicero’s entire ethical project—the fifth book of Cicero’s Tusculanae disputationes, rebuts the old contention that this book is evidence of Cicero’s eclecticism. Instead, he argues, Cicero makes an original contribution to the ancient philosophical debate about eudaimonia and the sufficiency of virtue for happiness that has been unjustly neglected and misunderstood. Its originality lies in the way it connects eudaimonist debates about happiness and its formal requirements with the emotional or intuitive dimensions of reflecting on the beata vita [Hahmann & Vazquez 2025, 6].
Works:
Author initials: Müller 2025
Title: Does Philosophy Provide a Secure Path to Perfect Happiness? Cicero’s Discussion of the Sufficiency Thesis in Tusculan Disputations 5
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: 151-172
Keywords: Philosophie - Filosofia - Philosophy
Description: Jörn Müller, focusing on what he takes to be the climax of Cicero’s entire ethical project—the fifth book of Cicero’s Tusculanae disputationes, rebuts the old contention that this book is evidence of Cicero’s eclecticism. Instead, he argues, Cicero makes an original contribution to the ancient philosophical debate about eudaimonia and the sufficiency of virtue for happiness that has been unjustly neglected and misunderstood. Its originality lies in the way it connects eudaimonist debates about happiness and its formal requirements with the emotional or intuitive dimensions of reflecting on the beata vita [Hahmann & Vazquez 2025, 6].
Works:
Author initials: Müller 2025
