Author: Pittard, Andrea
Title: Exemplary negotiations of « patientia »
Review/Collection: The Classical Journal, 116.3 (2020-2021)
Year edition: 2020
Pages: 331-352
Keywords: Philosophie - Filosofia - Philosophy, Politique - Politica - Politics
Description: Examination of tensions inherent within the Roman moral concept « patientia », focusing on the versions of exemplary « patientia » provided by Cicero, Livy, and Valerius Maximus. These authors use exemplarity to navigate the contradictory possibilities of « patientia » by emphasizing the agency and autonomy of their exempla. This allows authors to distinguish positive versions of the quality from negative versions, particularly those associated with women and enslaved individuals. This study also considers how exemplary accounts of « patientia » facilitated a discussion about ideal morality and behavior within shifting political circumstances and explores the role of exemplarity in negotiating ideologies in Rome. [Author]
Works:
Author initials: Pittard 2020
Title: Exemplary negotiations of « patientia »
Review/Collection: The Classical Journal, 116.3 (2020-2021)
Year edition: 2020
Pages: 331-352
Keywords: Philosophie - Filosofia - Philosophy, Politique - Politica - Politics
Description: Examination of tensions inherent within the Roman moral concept « patientia », focusing on the versions of exemplary « patientia » provided by Cicero, Livy, and Valerius Maximus. These authors use exemplarity to navigate the contradictory possibilities of « patientia » by emphasizing the agency and autonomy of their exempla. This allows authors to distinguish positive versions of the quality from negative versions, particularly those associated with women and enslaved individuals. This study also considers how exemplary accounts of « patientia » facilitated a discussion about ideal morality and behavior within shifting political circumstances and explores the role of exemplarity in negotiating ideologies in Rome. [Author]
Works:
Author initials: Pittard 2020
