“From the innermost and deepest grounds of philosophy”: On the Place of Cicero in Francisco Suárez’s De Legibus ac Deo Legislatore

Autore: Stiening, Gideon
Titolo: “From the innermost and deepest grounds of philosophy”: On the Place of Cicero in Francisco Suárez’s De Legibus ac Deo Legislatore
Rivista/Miscellanea: in Hahmann, Andree & Vazquez, Michael, Cicero as Philosopher - New Perspectives on His Philosophy and Its Legacy, De Gruyter, 2025, 412 p.
Luogo edizione: Berlin Boston
Editore: De Gruyter
Anno edizione: 2025
Pagine: 285-306
Parole chiave: Héritage - Fortuna - Legacy, Philosophie - Filosofia - Philosophy
Descrizione: Gideon Stiening reviews Francisco Suárez’s magnum opus of legal philosophy, De legibus ac Deo legislatore, which contains many references to Cicero’s De legibus. According to Stiening, Suárez’s references are not merely decorative, but instead play a critical argumentative function. In particular, Cicero serves as a weighty example who illustrates both the merits and limits of a secular philosophy of law—which, according to Suárez, is as necessary as it is in need of supplementation by the perspectives of theology [Hahmann & Vazquez 2025, 8].
Opere:

• De legibus

Sigla autore: Stiening 2025